Aspect
Voice & Self-Expression
Speaking is the end of a long private work.
Angelou's years of silence and Woolf's locked room describe the same requirement: a voice needs conditions. Space, money, solitude and practice. Being agreeable is cheap and costs everything; a clear sentence, said once, without apology, is the practice.
Cited works
- — I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
- — A Room of One's Own
- — The Diary of a Young Girl
Video references
- Speaking Without Apology
Opens a YouTube search: “how to speak assertively without apologizing women”
- Writing to Find Your Voice
Opens a YouTube search: “writing practice finding your voice virginia woolf”
Daily practices
- Write 500 words
- Say one unhedged sentence
- Remove 'just' and 'sorry' from one email