Taylor, what you say about voice is completely true. If I ever read a story where the voice of even one character has not reached it's potential, I toss the book and look for another one. Unfortunately occasionally I have trouble finding a voice of a character in one of my stories. If the character is somewhat different than I am, it's especially hard. In my short story, for example (which was bad, really bad) I couldn't figure out which type of voice my main character needed to have, and I still actually haven't. That's why I think the issue of voice is very important, and we should probably talk about it more in class.
Response to Graicey's post on timelessness
First of all Graicey, the words you used to explain why great literature is timeless were timeless themselves. "Good literature is like the sun, omnipresent and all seeing." really hits it. Alot of the timeless novels have lessons and experiences that we still would benefit from. Of course, as Graicey said, the life that both Conrad and Shakespeare experienced cannot compare to the face-paced life that we live, but regardless, the lessons on love friendship, and humanity are valuable. It makes me hopeful that people years from now will still be reading Romeo and Juliet or Heart of Darkness.
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