Eight Ways to Develop Your Unique Writing Voice
How to stop trying to find your voice and start to create it.
How to stop trying to find your voice and start to create it.
“Writing about what you want isn’t terrible writing advice in and of itself, rather it’s the implication that people should want to read whatever you write.”
“Your ideas are the most valuable currency in a knowledge-driven economy. Just as an investment account allows your money to grow day and night without your inv...
“Remove self-aggrandizing language like ‘unique’ or ‘special’ and let customers say it for you. Then quote the testimonial.”
“Anonymity was a technology that allowed me to widen my vision and there was so much to see without myself in the way.”
“I never worry about writer’s block because my journal provides me with an endless reservoir of source material. I let go of my deepest anxieties before I hop i...
“Aim for two paragraphs (if you end up with one or three it’s okay). There is no rule that says cover letters need to be lengthy to lend insight into your backg...
“When you nail the subject line, you automatically nail the rest of the email. Why? Well, if you’re able to describe exactly what your email is about in one sho...
“Our job as writers is to make it as easy as possible for our readers to grab the next line and hold on to it for dear life.”
“One writes out of one thing only — one’s own experience. Everything depends on how relentlessly one forces from this experience the last drop, sweet or bitter,...