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Over the course of the next month, I plan to write a blog series on writing. Now true enough there’s a lot of blogs out there that focus on writing but I guarantee none will have my voice and style.

Speaking of voice and style- what’s yours? How do you determine your voice or style? Do you prefer to write in first person or third, maybe a mix of both? Yes, you can use both in one piece- I don’t care what anyone says (unless it’s for a school essay in which case, please follow the assignment).

To keep it simple: style and voice contribute to the readability of your WIP (work in progress). Your choice of words, the writing techniques that you may use (i.e. metaphors, similes, etc), and tone all contribute to readability.

Disclaimer: I do not claim to be an expert- I make mistakes too!

Perspective

Adversary- Writer’s Block How often have you searched your mind for just the right word or phrase? How often have you approached your laptop, desktop, Surface Pro, old fashion type writer or just good old pen and paper? You put pen to pad or finger tip to keyboard and then…nothing. You try to compose the…

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Procrastination

I fire up my laptop!  Time to write! “Oh wait. What is this?”  I have several Facebook messages and new stories on my timeline. I’ll just scroll over it briefly.  Two hours has passed by watching videos, reading posts, providing comments and chatting. Wearily, I wipe my eyes in surprise.  Time surely flies. I must…

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Confession

I have a confession to make. I recently decided to delete all the comments that were waiting for me. Why? Well you know the old saying “it’s me- not you” That is 100% true in this case. The majority of comments were spam and after going through 500 comments of spam- I decided I wanted…

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Upcoming

Over the course of the next month, I plan to write a blog series on writing. Now true enough there’s a lot of blogs out there that focus on writing but I guarantee none will have my voice and style. Speaking of voice and style- what’s yours? How do you determine your voice or style?…

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Deviation

In typical SNM Jones fashion, I started a writing series and have completely deviated off course! But I promise eventually I’ll get back to writing tips…I wanted to share this with you instead. As we continue to live in a world where sometimes the negative seems to outweigh the positive. Where no matter what you…

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