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The Sound of Story

Developing Voice and Tone in Writing

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Pub Date Jan 26 2026 | Archive Date Feb 26 2026


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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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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...


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ISBN 9798897400041
PRICE $22.00 (USD)
PAGES 408

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This book has been very useful already! The aspect of tone and voice being such a force in the story was illustrated really well. As the writer says, 'Voice is the water and the waves, but it's also the seaweed, the seahorse, the shark, the sand. And the characters are the swimmers stroking through it.'
Each example is well described, and actually doing the exercises drive the point home. I had never really considered the role of voice and tone in genre before, and realised how much difference the right voice makes.
Every author, novice or expert will benefit from this instructive and well researched book!

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