Writing How You Talk & Informal Writing as an Exercise

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🤣😂 Today is have fun writing how you talk day! (Yeah I totally made that up)🤣😂


No seriously…you should try it as an exercise and don’t correct yourself…read it to yourself aloud...it can aid you in finding your authentic writing style, while showing you some natural tendencies you may have in writing your 1st draft.  Don't worry, these "tendencies" can obviously, be mitigated in the editing process if your language completely detracts from what you are wishing to convey to your readers.


The things is….


If it’s not legal, financial, a formal entry essay, medical writings, etc., then conversational writing can break down a barrier between you and your readers.


Truuuust me, I was writing in riddles where no one knew wtf I was talking about! I was sooo smart🤣 I was going to show you how smart I was too🤣 even if I wrote this to help you, and you can’t understand a damn thing I’m saying!😂


I used to read a lot of books and somehow I’d take on their language and that’s how I would write. It was the weirdest thing looking back, but I get it…I didn’t know my own voice yet, and you don’t figure it out until you have committed to a consistent writing practice with the intention to be clear.


There is a step where you read other writers and hear their voices, and you may end up picking up on somethings like me, but it’s okay, it’s all apart of the process. That’s not this part though.



This is a new day and age and I know writing connoisseurs are churning in their britches at the copy that people are writing online…it’s conversational, it’s informal, and it’s…improper….some of it they may call "ghetto", it’s slang and "slang has no place in life, speak properly,” in my snobby British man voice…

But the reality is most of us on a regular day talk with much less formality and we use slang. Every language does. It connects us to where we’re from. Studies show (my own studies haha) that clear, concise, yet informal language has it's own lane and it attracts loyal audiences because their voice feels and sounds authentic. It sounds real. Mark my words, it’s also going to eventually be a defining factor in discerning ai writings from the real. ​

All in all it’s a great practice just to let those juices flow and see what makes you, YOU!


LATER, you can go and refine your process for your book. The only way to figure out who you are as a writer is TO WRITE! Try this as an exercise, I’m not saying you have to transfer this to your actual book, but your online platform and your journal are great places to practice. Your book is where you get to marry your processes into a colloquial melodic masterpiece who sees no competition and recognizes it’s own unique light and voice!


💕✍🏾Happy Writing, Happy Lifing✍🏾💕


Authors Notes

I recommend journaling how you talk as an intentional writing exercise, mainly, to figure out your natural writing style. I like this article about conversational style writing https://www.masterclass.com/articles/how-to-write-conversationally


https://law.lclark.edu/centers/law_school_writing_center/tips_for_better_writing/when-you-write-the-way-you-talk/