I sometimes smile at how easy some people find it to sound like a fake person when they write.
The problem is that we learn to write at school and college and university. But the problem is that our style of writing for our teachers and lecturers is not the same for any other kind of writing, especially if you’re writing online or writing books.
When you write, you need to sound authentic rather than sounding like a robot spewing out facts or sounding phony like you’re trying to hide something.
And the way to do this is to find your writing ‘voice.’
But what does that mean and how can you do it?
Your writing voice means sounding like yourself when you write. It means giving the reader a glimpse at the writer behind the words.
And you do it with practice.
That is the only way that you’ll ever find your writing voice. The more you write, the more authentic you’ll sound because you can only keep a veil up for so long before you start writing more like you speak and coming across as genuine.
Another thing to remember is, don’t write what you think others want to read. Instead write about what YOU want to tell them, rather than what you think they want to hear.
And write quickly. Don’t give yourself too much thinking time about which words to use or how to be perfect. Just write. You can pick up mistakes later on in the edit. Just write fast and authentically.
It doesn’t actually take too much practice to find your writing voice.
But you do need to practice. Just make sure you’re practicing being yourself, which, when it comes down to it, should be pretty easy.
You know yourself better than anyone.
So be that genuine person when you write.
Goodbye Writers’ Block
How to Be a Creative Genius and Have an Abundance of Ideas
Plus the Inspiration and Motivation to Write
https://www.ruthiswriting.com/books/WB.html
The problem is that we learn to write at school and college and university. But the problem is that our style of writing for our teachers and lecturers is not the same for any other kind of writing, especially if you’re writing online or writing books.
When you write, you need to sound authentic rather than sounding like a robot spewing out facts or sounding phony like you’re trying to hide something.
And the way to do this is to find your writing ‘voice.’
But what does that mean and how can you do it?
Your writing voice means sounding like yourself when you write. It means giving the reader a glimpse at the writer behind the words.
And you do it with practice.
That is the only way that you’ll ever find your writing voice. The more you write, the more authentic you’ll sound because you can only keep a veil up for so long before you start writing more like you speak and coming across as genuine.
Another thing to remember is, don’t write what you think others want to read. Instead write about what YOU want to tell them, rather than what you think they want to hear.
And write quickly. Don’t give yourself too much thinking time about which words to use or how to be perfect. Just write. You can pick up mistakes later on in the edit. Just write fast and authentically.
It doesn’t actually take too much practice to find your writing voice.
But you do need to practice. Just make sure you’re practicing being yourself, which, when it comes down to it, should be pretty easy.
You know yourself better than anyone.
So be that genuine person when you write.
Goodbye Writers’ Block
How to Be a Creative Genius and Have an Abundance of Ideas
Plus the Inspiration and Motivation to Write
https://www.ruthiswriting.com/books/WB.html
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