by Katy Kauffman @KatyKauffman28
Like a textbook....
Like a textbook....
That’s how my writer’s voice sounded when I
started to write my first book. I could write devotions that sounded like a
one-sided conversation, but my book sounded academic like the textbooks I had
in college—factual, cold, distant. I knew I couldn’t leave it that way.
I thought about how I would want the book to sound if I were
the reader. I read one of my favorite non-fiction books again to see what I
liked about the author’s voice, or tone. He came across as warm-hearted,
concerned, and encouraging. Like he was in the boat with me encouraging me to
keep rowing and pressing on toward God’s will for my life, instead of shouting
at me from the shoreline.
