The Sound of Story - by Jordan Rosenfeld (Paperback)

About the Book

In The Sound of Story, author and writing teacher Jordan Rosenfeld demystifies voice and its close companion, tone, offering writers the tools to develop and refine their own.

Book Synopsis

What is the sound of story?

Voice in writing can seem elusive and hard to define. It's more than just style it's rhythm, energy, attitude, and the unique fingerprint of a narrator or character. Voice is shaped by culture and history as much as the mechanics of language.

In The Sound of Story, author and writing teacher Jordan Rosenfeld demystifies voice and its close companion, tone, offering writers the tools to develop and refine their own. Through contemporary examples, this book explores how syntax, point of view, emotion and more shape voice on the page.

Whether you're crafting fiction or nonfiction, this book will help you shape and refine voice to create compelling, authentic narratives. The Sound of Story empowers writers to wield voice and tone with purpose, increasing their chances of publication, and delivering a compelling story that leaps off every page.

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Praise for Jordan Rosenfeld's Writing Craft Books

"A wonderful resource for any writer's toolbox. Make a Scene is filled with insight along every element of craft...Jordan is a fantastic writer, whose wit springs off the page and encourages other writers to dig deep and embrace craft." -Russell Ricard, author of the novel, The Truth About Goodbye

"How to Write a Page Turner is a well-written, clearly-illustrated book on how to build tension in plot and scene. Its concepts work for both novels and memoirs. I recommend it highly, both for style and content." --Gini Grossenbacher, author of The American Madams fiction series

"Writing the Intimate Character provides insights, examples, and exercises that will be useful not only to those who are new to writing fiction, but to those, like myself, who are coming back to it after a break..." --Zoe Zolbrod, author of the novel Currency and the memoir The Telling

"I'm a professional writer, but I learned so much from A Writer's Guide to Persistence. This is not a blithe 'you can do it' message, but rather offers detailed, specific advice on tackling some of the most common problems writers face...writers of both fiction and nonfiction are likely to take away something valuable from Rosenfeld's encouragement and hard-earned wisdom." --Rachel Kramer Bussell, author of How to Write Erotica

"I love Rosenfeld's previous books on craft, and Writing Deep Scenes delivers the same concise, intuitive advice writers need. Definitely a great one to get the wheels turning on making scenes deeper, stronger, more persuasive and more moving." --Erika Mailman, author of the novels, The Murderer's Maid and The Witch's Trinity