What is voice' in fiction?

What is voice' in fiction?

Russell Celyn Jones (Published writer. Professor of Creative Writing and Director of the MA Programme at Birkbeck College (University of London).) gives expert video advice on: What is fiction?; Where does fiction begin?; What is the most important element of fiction? and more...

There are two types of voice in fiction. One is the authorial voice which tends to pass from one book into the other book by a certain author. And the other kind of voice in fiction is the voice of a protagonist that is invented by the author but is not the author's voice. It is also the signature, nonetheless, of the author, and it's the thing you often remember most about a book. It is the selling point, the hardest thing to achieve, perhaps.