the only voice that naturally comes out would be what you got if you took Best Souvenir and removed all the parts where it slips into free indirect Buffy voice: kind of dull.
Vehement disagreement, here. Your everyday journaling voice is anything but dull. It's wry but revealing, perfectly calculated to engage without intimidating, with frequent flashes of laugh-out-loud wit.
[The disclaiming] makes you seem either disingenuous or possessed of a low self-esteem, and while I suppose it's possible you might be both, from what I know of you you're neither.
No, not low self-esteem! Astronomical standards. As if I have to apologize for being lazy and releasing something that's less than what I can do. But I always hate it when other writers tell you what to expect or how to respond ("Concrit welcome/unwelcome!" excepted) or imply that they need a pat on the head. My only excuse is that I usually post when I'm dead tired, and forget to edit those parts of the monologue that need to stay internal. :P
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Vehement disagreement, here. Your everyday journaling voice is anything but dull. It's wry but revealing, perfectly calculated to engage without intimidating, with frequent flashes of laugh-out-loud wit.
[The disclaiming] makes you seem either disingenuous or possessed of a low self-esteem, and while I suppose it's possible you might be both, from what I know of you you're neither.
No, not low self-esteem! Astronomical standards. As if I have to apologize for being lazy and releasing something that's less than what I can do. But I always hate it when other writers tell you what to expect or how to respond ("Concrit welcome/unwelcome!" excepted) or imply that they need a pat on the head. My only excuse is that I usually post when I'm dead tired, and forget to edit those parts of the monologue that need to stay internal. :P