Schneider, Pat. "Voice." Writing Alone and With Others. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Schneider defines the author's voice in several terms: the original voice, or the one you first learned and use when you talk with to the people with whom you lived as a child; the primary voice, or the one you use at home, "relaxed, talking to those with whom you live as an adult" (93) -- both of these termed by Peter Elbow as "mother tongue"; and the acquired voice, or your professional speech. In this chapter Schneider suggests several exercises to help writers discover these different voices so they can be used in their writing, and so they can discern their voices and use them to become original writers.