One common theme I
have seen across in the essays that we have read is the idea of growth in
someone’s writing. I think that this essay strayed a little away from previous
essays in that, in the past, I have read about the benefits of one person
having a few different writing styles. A common theme I have seen across in all
different kinds of writing is the idea of finding your voice. Once you find
your voice writing will come much easier and will be much more enjoyable.
I honestly think that
someone can have more than one type of voice, which can be used in different
blogs, essays, or other pieces. For this reason I respectively disagreed with
Zadie Smith when she said: “Voices are meant to be unchanging and singular… We
feel that our voices are who we are, and that to have more than one, or to use
different versions of a voice for different occasions… Whoever changes their
voice takes on, in Britain, a queerly tragic dimension. They have betrayed that
puzzling dictum ‘To thine own self be true.’”[1]
I respectively disagree with Smith in that I think it can be very interesting
to be able to write in multiple voices. Every story is different and all
writing styles for various subjects should be different.
One thing that is for
certain is that it takes hard work and patience to find your voice. Just as
Obama hadn’t found his voice when he was younger,[2]
it takes many authors a long time, including many failures, to find their
voice.
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