Discovering Your Writing Style Prompts

 

Every writer should learn their writing style.

 

You Probably Already Have Some Aspects of One

Here is the truth… You probably already have started to develop your writing style.  You more than likely unconsciously do things in your writing because you like it or you liked it in someone else’s writing.  But, you have some things that you like to do.

 

How to Develop Your Writing Style

Read my post about how to develop your writing style.

 

Journaling Prompts

Why do you write?

How do you feel when you write?

What do you want readers to get from your writing?

What emotion do you display in your writing most of the time? Why?

What tone do you display in your writing most of the time? Why?

What point of view do you write from in your writing? Why?

What voice do you use in your writing? Why?

How honest are you in your writing? Why?

Do you show your own emotions in your writing? How?

How do you add yourself in your writing?

How do you add your life in your writing?

How do you add the people in your life in your writing?

How do you add the places in your life in your writing?

How do you add the things in your life in your writing?

 

Get a Little Deeper

What is one thing you always do in your writing? (e.g. I add the color red in everything I write.  I use the name of one of my friends in my writing).  Why?

Think of one writer that you like, what is something that you enjoy that they do?  Why?

Have you emulated this in your writing?  How? Why?

 

What is your favorite genre to write?  Why?

How does this genre appear in your writing?

What is the genre of your favorite writer(s)? Why?

 

What literary movement (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_literary_movements) is your favorite movement?  Why?

What literary movement(https://lithub.com/your-pocket-guide-to-10-literary-movements/) do you think you write in? Why?

What is the literary movement of your favorite writer(s)? Why?

 

What literary criticism (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Literary_criticism) is your favorite lens to view your writing through/ Why?

What literary criticism (https://www.masterclass.com/articles/literary-criticism) does your writing follow or emulate? Why?

What literary criticism do you think your favorite writer(s) follow or emulate? Why?

 

Your journey as a writer is a great and magnificent one.  Be sure that you explore every aspect of it.

30 Day Journal Affirmation Challenge (Table of Contents)

Click the links below to find out more about the 30 Day Journal Affirmation Challenge.

How did it start?

What it is?

Downloadable Calendar

Day 1

The Creative Process (BKA My Creative Process)

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

There is Creativity in Their Words

Day 5

As A Writer Thinks

Day 6

Day 7

Day 8

A More Excellent Quality

Day 9

Combating Writer's Block

Day 10

Day 11

Depend On Your Own Actions, Not Others’ Words

Day 12

The Will to Consume Versus the Act to Create

Day 13

Your Inner Critic is A Liar

Day 14

Day 15

Day 16

Day 17

Day 18

Day 19

Day 20

Literacy Narrative: Mama, I Want to be A Writer

Day 21

Day 22

Just A Writer (Friday Feelings Post)

Day 23

Day 24

Day 25

Day 26

Day 27

Day 28

Day 29

Day 30

A Philosophy of Art

Ending Message

30 Day Journal Affirmation Challenge (Calendar)

Here is the full calendar for April 2022.

You can download a PDF of it here.

To see the journaling prompt, come back each day or view the prompts on my Author's Page.

30 Day Journal Affirmation Challenge (What Is It?)

 

I believe in the power of affirmation.  Affirmations give us encouragement, inspiration, and motivation to do what we need to do.

The Psychology Today website says, "At the simplest level, when we feel good about ourselves and have a positive attitude, our lives tend to run smoothly. Proponents of the “law of attraction” often refer to this as raising our vibration such that when our vibration is positive, positive things—such as financial abundance, love, and renewed health—are magnetically drawn to us."

As a writer, I am often by myself with just my thoughts.  I need to keep myself motivated and encouraged in the moments when my inner critic and hater speaks negatively to me.

As the Psychology Today website says, "When we feel bad about ourselves and have a negative attitude, we tend to engage in self-defeating behaviors which may cause negative outcomes, like financial mishap, interpersonal drama, or acute or chronic illness."

So, to defeat a negative attitude, I use affirmations to help me.

The month of April (every year) will be a month I post affirmations and journaling prompts to help myself and other writers affirm, encourage, and learn about themselves, so that we can keep on writing and sharing our gift with the world.

Source: Affirmations: The Why, What, How, and What If?

Short Writer's Prayer...

  

Heavenly Father,

Grant me patience for editing.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

30 Day Journal Affirmation Challenge

 I am at it again.  I believe in the power of affirmation

So, I am going to write and journal a writing affirmation for each day in April.

You can join me in this endeavor.  I will post the affirmation and journaling prompt each day on my Author's Page or you can download the calendar @ https://tinyurl.com/30daysaffirmme.

Click here to view all the posts.

Self-care is important, so affirm yourself in writing.

Join Me in April

Join me in April for a 30 Day Challenge where we write out affirmations, then journal based on a prompt I will give you.  They will be posted here daily and on my Author's Page.

Resources…

I am creating a Novel Writing Notebook.  It is a complete novel writing kit that will give novelists a way to keep their entire project together. It is a method that I use to keep my novel projects organized.

Until it is finished, I have a few of the sections I am creating for it available.  Check them out below.

Writer’s Resources

• Author Notes
• Chapter Notes
• Character Notes
• Plot Worksheets
• Project Notes
• Setting Notes

Please note that this is only a few of the sections that will be in the final version of the Novel Writing Notebook.

 

 

Is It All Out?

 

I think I may  have gotten all of the writing woes out from the Pandemic, Snowmaggedon, and 2020.  But perhaps not.  I do not know if I know when I will be able to tell.

I hope I can write this year.

Short Writer's Prayer...

  

Heavenly Father,

May my plot twists amaze and delight.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

 

Short Writer's Prayer...

  

Heavenly Father,

Let my words shine like stars.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Short Writer's Prayer...

  

Heavenly Father,

Help me find the perfect metaphor.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.

Short Writer's Prayer...

 

Heavenly father,

Help me conquer the blank page.

In Jesus’ Name, Amen.