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For every writer, finding his or her own voice is very
essential. It is the identity, the personality, the very essence
of a writer. And in the crowded writing market, clients are
constantly looking for writers with their own voices. They will
usually ignore all those voiceless writers that write stale and
boring articles. What they are looking for is a fresh voice that
would definitely get the readers' attention.
Simply put, your voice is your style, your tone, the fashion of
writing you feel most comfortable with. Editors may or may not
decide to buy your book because of it. Readers will either love
or hate you for it.
A new writer should strive to find his or her own voice to be
come a very. Once a writer finds his or her own voice it would
already be easy to get published and earn money. What is a voce
really? Well nobody can really define what a voice is. But once
you will know once you found it.
Finding your voice can be a very long and complicated process.
Most famous writers took years to find their voices. There are
even workshops out there that promise to help you find your
voice. But it is only you who could look for your voice.
What a new writer must do is to continue writing until they find
their voice. And one day, youíll critique, your editor or your
friend, while reading your piece will just say, ìHey youíve
found your voice. ì
Below are a few tips on how a writer can find his or her voice.
Here are some tips to add your own voice to your writing.
1. Feel what you write. Or as more poetic writers would put it,
write from the heart. Writers must be sensitive and must be
constantly in touch with their feelings. They must their
feelings, be it excitement, passion or anger to their advantage.
In fact when you are feeling intense feelings that is usually
the best time to find your voice. When you are feeling intense
feeling, immediately grab a pencil or open your word processor
and write away.
2. Be original. The mistakes of new writers is too simply copy
what's been done by their idols or established writers in the
business. Often, this is a result of not wanting to fail. But
this is could also be the result of plain laziness of the
writer. Try to write something new and original every time you
write. If you write the same things over and over again, you
will soon find out that even you will get tired of it. And if
you get tired, just imagine what your clients and readers feel.
3. One good advice to writers is that they should write the same
way as they speak. One of the best ways to do this is to listen
to yourself talk by recording you voice. Transcribe the tape
then compare it to your writing.
4. Edit then edit again. It is sometimes necessary to cut the
pieces you have written in order to extract its essence of it.
If you constantly distill your writing then what would come out
of it is something that is distinctly yours.
5. Listen to your inner critic but not too much. Your inner
critic can give beneficial advices but it can also be a
hindrance to finding your real voice. So listen to him but don't
let him interfere with your writing.
6. Open up. You should learn how to open when you are writing.
Reveal yourself, your drams, hopes, fears, desires, etc. When
the feeling of embarrassment has set in, then maybe its' your
voce showing up.
7. Be very concrete. Being abstract is a mistake every new
writer makes. You must remember to be as concrete as possible
when writing. When you are describing an animal tell exactly
what animal it is.
8. Don't be afraid to break the rules. Of course every writer
knew the importance of good grammar and following its rules. But
donít be afraid to brake the rules of writing once in a while.
Use slang and contractions and begin sentences with and and but.
But still stick to good grammar and always check your spelling,
especially with proper nouns.
9. Write, write, write. This is probably the best advice a
writer can get because it is in constant writing that your voice
will emerge.
Now that you know how to find your voice, discovery will be so
much easier. So what are you waiting for?
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