Writing Wednesday
Wednesday is the day I share what I have learned on my journey from writing to publication, marketing and writing and publishing again. If you have any questions please feel free to leave them in the comments and I will do my best to answer them. If you have any tips please share them with us…
What’s your Style?
Our writing style refers to the manner that we authors choose to tell our stories to our readers. Our style is defined by our voice, word choice and our tone.
There are four basic literary styles. The Argumentative style is one in which the writer tells the reader about a person, place or thing and leaves out his or her personal opinion on the topic. This is the style professional journalist should use.
The Descriptive style is when the writer describes their characters, events and places in great detail. Sometimes this type of writing style is poetic and it can also include sensory details.
Persuasive style is a style the writer uses to persuade the reader to believe and support his or her point of view.
The Narrative style is exactly what it sounds like. The writer tells a story.
What’s your style?
Happy writing,
Doreen
16 thoughts on “What’s Your Style?”
Oh man..I needed to read this. I have no idea what my style is. Confused? Inconsistent?
Your style is all your own and is hilarious!
Thanks for this! I think the best journalists are able to combine their objective voice with a narrative style to make nonfiction read like the best fiction. Storytelling makes the facts pop.
That is definitely the way I try to write my nonfiction.
I enjoy reading your Writing Wednesday, I am always learning from you. Thank you, you are a wonderful teacher!
Thank you so much Mary.
Your writing tips are always valuable Doreen and I thank you for taking the time to do this for the ones following behind you.
Thank you Rena!
I vacillate between narrative and descriptive in essays. Still trying to decide between those two on my Historical Fiction WIP as well. Love the tips!
My writing is pretty much narrative and descriptive too.
…and then there’s memoir, which can be a combination of all of the above. Brenda
My memoirs are definitely a combination of narrative and descriptive.
Been gone all day and missed my Wed fix! My style is narrative, no doubht!
I love your style!
My style varies with the task, even on my blog. I think we need to work on them all and actually, I think I will take this as a challenge and try to write today focusing on different styles. Honing our craft, right? Always love your insights Doreen!
Yes we should always be learning:)