All stories start with a writer or a teller of tales. It has been this way for countless centuries. A million stories have been told over thousands of years.
This makes the challenge for most writers to try diligently to answer the question … What is your voice?
When you write your stories,
How do you tell those tales?
What genre do you favor?
What is the rhythm of your writing?
What are the wordchoices or phrases that you tend to use more often?
What themes do you tend to explore?
More often than not, what are you trying to say?
Many of us can recognize the works of certain creatives, Maya Angelou, Steven King, Akira Kurosawa, Katherine Bigelow, Alfred Hitchcock, and Quentin Tarantino. They found their “voice” while developing their craft.
So, how do you tell your stories so that one day someone can say – “That’s So-and-So’s work! I’d recognize it anywhere!”
Want help seeking yours? Drop me a line and let me know.
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Alex Simmons is an award-winning freelance writer, comic book creator, playwright, teaching artist, and educational consultant. He’s written for Disney Books, Penguin Press, Simon and Schuster, Marvel, DC, and Archie Comics. Simmons is the creator of the acclaimed adventure comic book series, Blackjack. As a teaching artist, Simmons has created and taught creative arts workshops for students and educators in the US, Europe, West Indies, and Africa.
Simmons has served on panels and delivered lectures on children’s entertainment mediums, as well as empowering young people through the arts. Simmons founded the annual family event, Kids Comic Con, as well as three comic arts exhibits, which have traveled abroad. He is currently developing a comics and creative arts program for children all over the world.
During the past 35 years, Simmons has participated as a member of arts and education boards for several New York State nonprofit organizations, as well as one in Nigeria.
As a teaching artist Simmons has worked with youth through the Bronx Community College, the Christopher Barron Live Life Foundation, Apollo Theater In-School Arts Program, Henkel McCoy, Upward Bound, New York Council on the Arts, Children’s Art Carnival, Wings Academy, and NYU Creative Arts Team, to name a few.
He has been a panelist at many literacy and arts events, and he has been a guest speaker at numerous colleges and educational institutions here and abroad.
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