Voice, Cadence, and Rhythm
Capturing What Makes Your Writing Unique
Writers are often urged
to get their voice on the page, but what constitutes voice, and how do you
capture something that is so hard to nail down? Our panel of experts will share
how your language, sentence structure, and even punctuation can add up to an
on-page whole that is recognizable to your readers, no matter what you’re
writing.
Speakers: Elle Cosimano, Agent Cherise Fisher, and Amber McBride
Moderator: Phil Hilliker
SPEAKERS
ELLE COSIMANO is a USA Today bestselling author, an International Thriller Award winner, a Bram Stoker Award finalist, and an Edgar Award nominee. Elle’s debut novel for adults, Finlay Donovan Is Killing It, was a People magazine pick, was named one of New York Public Library’s Best Books of 2021, and has been optioned for TV by 20th Television Studios.
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CHERISE FISHER began her career in publishing more than 25 years ago. Over the course of her career as an acquiring editor at Simon & Schuster and Editor in Chief of Plume (an imprint of Penguin Random House), she has edited and published several national bestselling and award winning authors. As an agent, she is interested in working with novelists who have multiple compulsively readable yarns in their head (both historical and contemporary), memoirists who showcase the diversity of human experience, and non-fiction writers who seek to provoke, inspire, and educate.
AMBER MCBRIDE teaches English literature at the University of Virginia and has a BA in English and an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. Me (Moth) is her debut novel which was a finalist for the Morris Award and the National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. She is the winner of the Coretta Scott King/ John Steptoe Award, McBride lives in Charlottesville, VA.
MODERATOR
Phillip Hilliker is a creatively restless writer and illustrator with credits spanning many fields and genres. Formerly JRW’s membership coordinator, he is currently a script writer for a video production and marketing firm in central Virginia.
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The Encore! slate of courses made available on this site is made up of programs best received by our James River Writers community. This course is presented by more than one subject matter expert for varied perspectives. For more information, please see the course details.