How to Develop Your Writing Style

What Is Writing Style?

A writing style is an author’s unique way of communicating with words. An author creates a style with the voice, or personality, and overall tone that they apply to their text. A writer’s style can change depending on the type of writing they’re doing, who they’re writing for, and their target audience. A news journalist will have a very different style than a blogger, for example. (https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-find-your-writing-style)

Developing your writing style is important.  Every writer should hone their craft so that they can develop and understand their writing style.

Here are some ways to develop your writing style.

Be true to yourself. Always be true to yourself by being original and doing what you like.

Your Voice Matters. Use your own voice in your writing by using your life experiences, knowledge, and point of view to color your writing.

Develop a Family. Be authentic and draw your readers into your writing by making them a part of “your family” with your words.

Adapt and Change. Be willing to adapt and change if the writing task calls for it.  You can still be you, but tailor it to the writing task.

Experimentation is Good. Every now and then, experiment with something new in your writing.  Be bold, be brave, and take a chance.

Read other authors.  Learning language, how it works, how others use it, and how writers interact with it can help you grow as a writer.

Write about writing.  Take some time and write in a journal, on a blog, or share in a group about what you are writing, how you write, what struggles you have, or just your thoughts on writing.

Write… Write… Write… Write every day intentionally and on purpose.  Have a set time and time limit to write each day.  Look for journal prompts, writing tasks, and things to write about so that you can have something written every day.  Make this a goal for you and write it on your calendar.

Learn… Learn… Learn… In order to be a better writer, you must learn.  Read articles, watch pod casts, take courses, join writing groups, take college courses, just to name a few.  But, make an effort to learn more about your craft.

You are in control of your writing, and knowing how you write, who you are as a writer, and why you write is important.  Take some time to get to know yourself as a writer.