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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.