Peeling Back the Layers on Author, Narrator, and Character Voice to Write Better Fiction - The Micro Elements Part 4

Voice is one of the more ambiguous literary terms. When I started writing fiction, I had no clue what people meant when they referred to “voice.” Whose voice? The author’s, the characters’, or an unknown narrator?

It turns out we’re talking about all three, all at once, but here’s where it gets really confusing—everything stems from the author’s voice.