I do write in a different voice than the one that I use in my personal day-to-day interactions, but it also depends on the style of writing and the situation. There are various kinds of papers that I have had to write in my academic career, such as, persuasion, argumentative, literature reviews, research, reflections, compare and contrast or descriptive. My voice in these different types of papers changes depending on the style I am writing; I am still the same person, just portraying my personality and voice in a different way. I believe this is one of the easiest ways to appeal to a certain audience and to attract people to read your writing. Developing a unique voice when you write is important to make your work stand out. It will make …show more content…
I do this mostly by trying to make my writing sound just like me when I am not on paper. Portraying my writing to sound like me on the page is hard to do at times though. To achieve my goal of making my writing sound like my genuine voice, I use different writing styles and techniques. I use a lot of personal experiences that the audience could relate to. These experiences could be emotional, exciting or humorous, whichever is appropriate for that type of writing. The next technique I use in my personal writing is to describe the setting and details as much as possible so that the readers can know what it was like in all senses. The last technique that I try to use in my writing is to adopt a different approach or perspective. I attempt to go about sentence structure differently and use new words or different transitional phrases. This last technique is something I really struggle with though, I have been trying to work on it. As for writing verses speaking, I somewhat write differently than I speak out loud. As a college student, I really only have to speak super formal when I am around my colleagues, boss or professors. The majority of my time is spent with friends or classmates and we can speak informally to each other using slang or cuss words. This is not how I would talk in a formal setting, and I typically write formally for my academics. For my academic writing, I use correct grammar and spelling, do not use contractions, and think about the organization of my words, which I would not do if I was
As a member of the military a person would not think that using the writing process would be a critical part in your everyday work. Since joining the military, I have found myself using my personal writing process on many circumstances to achieve desired results of communicating clearly. A situation that comes to mind is when I had to write a report on a mission that I went on. The report had to have all the important information from what my mission was, what objectives I accomplished, and my recommendations to the unit that I assisted to avoid the same issues from not happening again. With all the information that needed to be included in the report and to make the report easy to comprehend from individuals not involved in the mission
Everybody has their own methods for writing; however, I believe there is always room for improvement. Chapter 3 in Everyone’s an Author has shown me that writing involves processes that need to be mastered through constant practice. It also revealed helpful tips on how to develop writing processes that can help write effective papers.
It is essential to understand that classes taken in grade school do not give students a full understanding of each subject. With the topic of writing, there will always be a new lesson to learn, an aspect to improve, or a differing way to explain. Author Craig Vetter states in Bonehead Writing, “This is your enemy: a perfectly empty sheet of paper. Nothing will ever happen here except what you make happen.” Each story, essay, or response comes from a writer’s experiences. With each attempt at a new piece comes an underlying story of emotions the writer is facing. Each person’s writing is unique and the ideas people have are related to their past experiences and what they believe to be familiar with when deciding which writing style to use. As a high school student, I have learned many things about writing that helped me become the improved writer I am today, but the most essential advice I have received is practice makes perfect. Although there is no actual perfect way of writing, I have discovered that each essay I write, my writing improves. It is easier to spot mistakes, find areas to improve, and ponder elevated word choice to use.
As a writer is writing they must critically think of how they want readers to react to their writing. Although the understanding of the writing might be clear a writer should consider that “the aim of writing is communication, not just self-expression” (Murray). A reader can not look into the writers head and understand what they are trying to convey, with that being said, the authors tone in their writing is a huge factor in critical thinking. Since a piece of writing must have a certain tone “writers must hear and respect their own voice” (Murray). I struggle with this because I often have a hard time believing in my own quality of writing. Hearing and respecting your own voice is important because it can help you improve your own writing. Constructive criticism will also help a writer create a better piece of
No matter what job someone does they will use writing. It might not always be fancy academic writing, but writing nonetheless. And because all writing has voice it's important to develop it and practice it. A writer needs to know when to use the appropriate voice for the appropriate occasion. A writer’s voice will always continue changing and getting stronger.
If you also want to express your inner thoughts, I have a good way to help you re-find your writing voice in
My writing style is doing or active experimentation. Active Experimentation is defined as; indicates your preference for applying ideas, using trial and error, and practicing what you learn, you probably enjoy hands-on activities that allow you to test out ideas to see what works. This helps me learn because when I
I notice one of the disadvantages with read/write style is not being able to learn due to limited or lack of instruction in visual if there no access to writing materials. An advantage of this style makes a person more self-dependent because of the note taking the process which equal self taught.
In order to best describe my style of writing, one needs to first think about a lab dissection. My portfolio is a collection of literary imperfections, but, more importantly, it is a good example of one writer’s journey on refining himself and how he analyzes literature. The writings attached show how I got progressively more particular with my writing. Theses documents are good evidence of how my writing grew to become more in-depth and challenging. I tend to take a literary work that I have either read or watched. I focus my writing on the process of scrutinizing the main character. More specifically, I center on their importance to the author and his ability to effectively represent his message.
Everyone has their own writing style. We always have different thoughts and feeling for same objects and it makes so many differences even we are all trying to describe the exact same things. Now I will talk a little bit about how is my process be like.
A writing-voice is more of a style, personality and or point of view. Consequently, many students don’t have a voice in their writings due to relying on rubrics which leaves zero style, personality or a point of view in writing. Mark Holding a High school teacher challenges High school seniors to find their writing-voice and become independent writers, so when it's time for college applications the students will be well prepared and much more confident in their writing.
Although systemically different depending on the genre, style of writing and topic that is provided for me, the ultimate end product of my writing process contains hints of writing characteristics unique to my style of writing. If I am given a writing piece that provides a series of prompts that I can chose from, my process for writing this piece will start by creating a web. This web will contain a rough outline for each individual prompt, followed by a series of ideas that I have stimulated around the provided topic. Ultimately I will weigh the pros and cons for each prompt. It is here where I will look for which approach I can take that will best suit incorporating my personal voice. Utilizing my own voice in my writing is undoubtedly what
One strategy I read about that I would like to try is to encourage my students to write the way the speak. Often, students get bogged down in their writing because of spelling and grammar, but I think if I encourage them to just write how they would say it, it would be easier to get their thoughts down on the paper. Editing and revising can always come later! These strategies are good for teaching voice because they allow the reader to get in tune with their own feelings and emotions in order to engage their reader. I think that these strategies will bring out the students’ voices as they write and allow them to have individuality in their writing. I think that the strategy I find to be especially effective is shifting the voice to match the occasion. I think it would be so beneficially to set up fake scenarios and have students create voices based on that occasion. For example, having a student pretend they are sitting in church versus if they were sitting at a baseball game. This strategy is effective because it builds understanding that voice is different and will change based on the given scenario in their
What I do when I write depends entirely on what I'm writing, who I'm writing for, and how soon it needs to be done. I have somewhat of a different approach to writing when the piece is for an assignment versus a work of original fiction. I prepare, pre-write, and proofread differently. However, some things remain the same. I still try to get the same amount of feedback from my peers, still put forth the same effort. Whether the work is for pleasure or for a grade, I still follow relatively the same process.
Expressive writing can easily been seen as the polar opposite of imitative writing. Whereas imitative writing takes on apprenticing under a writing “master,” self-explorative writing becomes less detached from instruction and takes on a writing journey on their own. Through this there is an exchange of authority from the teacher to the student. The power of voice gives the student more control of their presence in any form of discourse by allowing personal thought and emotion to shine through in their writing (Wadden 135). As discussed previously, allowing personal voice back into writing can reshape how different discourses are structured. By expanding beyond the traditionalist view of keeping discourses separate for the sake of purity that many conservative discourses follow, there are plenty of opportunities to apply new perspectives to existing discourses. I find that allowing students to allow personal though and opinions through their voice allows new ideas and concepts to be formed that could in turn benefit the discourse community for which they write for. Allowing these new inputs expands discourse knowledge by connecting and interweaving various views and ideas to construct new, modern views and perceptions.