Listening for Lyrical Voice Qualities

When writers seek advise on how to write with voice, rhythm, and flow, they find instruction saying to read their writing aloud, and make edits based on the flaws they detect in their writing. To writers seeking advice on how to achieve lyricism in prose, the same advice is given. But what if a writer wants to produce a certain kind of voice or a certain kind of rhythm, not knowing exactly what it…