Understanding Tone

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  Welcome to CAN Blog for Friday from Gail Gaymer Martin at www.gailgaymermartin.com  I look forward to sharing another post on writing fiction with you today. Tone is not mood, writer’s voice or style, although the novel’s tone influences those elements in fiction. Tone is the author’s attitude toward the story and the reader. It conveys emotion and temperament through word choice as it brings the story to life. Tone is not exclusive to fiction. Non-fiction and journalistic writing is also influenced by the language of the story. Notice when you read magazine articles how the atmosphere and mood is…

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