What is the Difference Between Your Author Voice and Character Voice?

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Are you funny? Sarcastic? What type of personality do you have?

One of the most confusing aspects of writing is this elusive idea of the author voice. What always used to confuse me is that I’m supposed to have a voice as the author, but my characters also have a voice. If I’m writing from my character’s POV, then shouldn’t I be using her voice…