CORE LIBRARY // Finding Your Unique Voice: Writing as Only You Can

COURSE DESCRIPTION

National Book Award winner Sabaa Tahir introduces students to the narrative elements that make up a writer’s voice and teaches students how to use those elements to write as only they can.

Using case studies, self-interviews and writing assignments, Finding Your Voice: Writing as Only You Can guides students through her process of identifying and honing an authorial voice. The goal of this course is to demystify the authorial voice by defining it as the sum of its parts. Students will explore how the Big Seven–style, tone, narrative perspective, point of view, language, characterization, and dialogue–all work together to shape not only how a book sounds but how it feels.

COURSE LAYOUT

This course includes three modules of teaching over the span of three weeks. Each module is broken into three individual lessons that include video lectures, assignments, and exercises. Library courses also include recordings from the Live Q&A sessions with the author completed during the live course.

Example Curriculum

Syllabus

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Welcome & Course Guide

Module One: Defining Voice

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Module Two: Finding Voice

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Module Three: Applying Voice

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CORE LIBRARY // Finding Your Unique Voice: Writing as Only You Can with Sabaa Tahir

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National Book Award winner Sabaa Tahir introduces students to the narrative elements that make up a writer’s voice and teaches students how to use those elements to write as only they can. Using case studies, self-interviews and writing assignments, Finding Your Voice: Writing as Only You Can guides students through her process of identifying and honing an authorial voice. The goal of this course is to demystify the authorial voice by defining it as the sum of its parts. Students will explore how the Big Seven–style, tone, narrative perspective, point of view, language, characterization, and dialogue–all work together to shape not only how a book sounds but how it feels.