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.

Sibylline Press is proud to announce its new imprint, Sibyl Writing Craft, dedicated to providing definitive titles on writing craft and the book business for writers.

Review Quotes

"Warning: The Sound of Story by Jordan Rosenfeld is the only book on writing an authentic story you will ever need. It's a joy to read and a revelation about voice, tone, and how everything-grammar, dialogue, and language--fit together to enrapture the reader and create a spell. What a treat--the writing is beyond most craft books, an art in itself brimming with tips for memoirists and fiction writers alike.

You need this book! It's going to be forever by my side as I write!" --Linda Joy Myers, founder National Association of Memoir Writers, author of Don't Call Me Mother, Song of the Plains, The Power of Memoir and the WWII historical fiction book The Forger of Marseille

"Rosenfeld offers a fresh and accessible look at voice in the writing of fiction, clarifying key terms and most importantly providing writers with examples, prompts, and practical suggestions for deepening characterization in the service of complex and multi-layered storytelling." --Sonya Huber, Voice First: A Writer's Manifesto

"Few writing teachers understand the subtleties of voice and tone as deeply, or can explain them as clearly as Jordan Rosenfeld. Jordan has helped hundreds of writers hone their skills, and now with the help of The Sound of Story you can learn how to deepen the way you write stories through your understanding of voice and tone and so much more. A great resource for fiction and nonfiction writers alike." --Martha Alderson, author of The Plot Whisperer and Parallel Lives: A 60's Love Story

"Peppered with insights, examples, and creative exercises, The Sound of Story is chock full of excellent advice from seasoned author Jordan Rosenfeld. This voice-centered resource is a must-read for writers at any stage of their careers." --Laura Stanfill, author of Imagine a Door

"Rosenfeld takes the ineffable quality of voice, the very quality that sells novels and stories, is demanded by agents and editors, and breaks it down into practical tools and approaches that can help any writer at any stage in their work dig a little deeper and make their prose sing." --Kate Maruyama, author of Alterations, The Collective, and Bleak Houses

"A craft book with its own compelling voice, Jordan Rosenfeld's The Sound of Story opens the toolbox for 'the sound...the energy, motion and rhythm...the emotion' of voice. Rich sample passages suggest a wealth of strategies and her brilliant prompts offer ways to create a narrative voice true to character and story. Your writing will be changed, no question." --Beverly Burch, author of What You Don't Know

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

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