Your Writing Style?

[crivera37]

I usually end up getting a lot of big words nobody but me and the people who wrote the dictionary know because i can't pull them off when i talk because people can't understand what I'm saying even if i use simple words. i've actually been trying to work on talking slower and clearer, but its boring.

 

[Khedive Rex]

When I write essays (or pretty much anything I actually care about) I have a tendencie to jabber on so I always read through afterwards and edited to shorten down stuff I don't need.

If there is one thing I'm really proud of in my formal writing style, it's word choice. I'll stop and think about which synonym is most appropriate for half an hour if I have to. It makes timed writing difficult but it's worth it.

As for reviews, I've only written one and honestly I wasn't that happy with it. It got about thirty replies but all of them were discussing Doctor Who so I didn't really get to see what people thought of it.

 

[Strafe Mcgee]

My style generally depends on what kind of mood I'm in or what I'm writing for. When reviewing I aim to best describe the feeling that you get when playing a certain game, balanced with whatever analysis is necessary for the piece. Not that I've posted very many reviews on here yet, but that's going to change as soon as I get this damn Law exam finished tomorrow...

 

[Jack Sheehan]

I tend to use the continuous present tense a lot.

 

[The Wooster]

Imagine the stunted offspring of Yahtzee and Douglas Adams add in a crippling sense of inadequacy and a dose of early onset midlife crisis and you've got me.

 

[Hey Joe]

I aim to have a chameleon style, because that's the philosophy I've adopted throughout my journalistic training. My aim is to be able to write the same story for print, radio, TV and online.

I aim not be to be a one-trick pony, but a jack of all trades who does all the odd jobs but is still able to deliver a 2000 word feature with a distinct tone.

 

[HardRockSamurai]

I write like I talk, a writing style that has gotten me into quite a bit of trouble recently. Apparently my casual swearing offended some people...those people being the college essay review board...well they can go fuck themselves in the god-damn, motherfucking ass if you ask me.

 

[Logan Frederick]

A lot of alliterations.

 

[OverlordSteve]

Creative Writing Style: I'm not that good at description, so I focus more on witty dialog and good lines, and create characters with distinct speaking patterns, and invision it like a real conversation, so I write whatever comes to mind first.

Formal Writing Style: Less witty dialog, more intelligent speaking. I never use conjunctions, and write like I'm talking to the reader.

 

[Spleeni]

I never have to sit down and think about 'what' I'm going to write; I do my writing as a stream of consciousness sort...except that my stream tends to be very clear when it first comes out. I ALWAYS make it seem that I'm talking to the reader.

 

[Saskwach]

My style, if I have one, is morphing right now as I get my head around the upper echelons of writing technique. In case no one's noticed, semi-colons and hyphens (and their apparent interchangability) confuse the HELL out of me, so, depending on the day, I'll either write around them or just settle for whatever looks right. My sentences also get bogged down in additions, qualifications and definitions, as can be seen above.

 

[shufflemonkey16]

I think I'm along the same lines as Spleeni. I never plan anything I write beyond the most remote detail to get me started. Usually I write everything more or less off the top of my head or as it comes to me. If I plan, it fails miserably because I try to make the composition something that it's not meant to be.

I'm also relatively thrifty in my length.

As far as description and imagery, I don't necessarily rely on really detailed and expressive language. I more try to lead a reader's imagination along with the flow to make them imagine their own visuals. I did this with a psych-horror short story once. I intensely tried to make the reader experience their personal fears of the dark with the sensations darkness gives one rather than just say "it was dark and creepy".

 

[vede]

I attempt to be clear in my writing, while simultaneously maintaining verbosity.

I don't use flourishes or special words in special places. I replace the necessary words with better words, which generally have more specific definitions.

At any non-fiction's beginning, their will be a one-paragraph story. Almost all the time. It precedes a longer dismantling of itself, which from my observations, gets the point across perfectly. Usually.

 

[kanyatta]

I'm really straightforward, I give almost no unnecessary details in my writing, which makes my English teachers hate me.

 

[mark_n_b]

I have a lot of journalism experience so I tend to write in an conversational inverted pyramid after a hook statement. I'm also kind of pompous so I like using fifty cent words whenever possible.

I can also be a bit lazy about the edit and re edit so typos or slight linguistic goofs do show up from time to time.

I think it makes me charming, or at least that's what I say...

 

[Eyclonus]

I did a year's worth of literary units and some which could roughly be considered Journalism, all that does is leave me with two styles, the first one is a very stream of consciousness style which is very literary ie it describes the corners of a situation but makes the reader flesh the rest of it out. The other is a more direct descriptive manner which imitates my speech, albeit less swearing and less tangents.

 

[HSIAMetalKing]

I use lotsa commas.

 

[Kaminobob]

online, i don't use capitalization. i do, however, take some effort to make sure that i'm using proper spelling and grammar unless i'm making a joke.

in writing for classes, i'm not very good at imagery or highly creative writing. i compensate with high vocabulary and a very subtle pervasive sarcasm. (i actually got an cash award from my school for writing, so i guess it works)

 

[Mnemophage]

I ramble, I'm quite liberal with grammar and punctuation, and I tend to use simple words in unfamiliar, flowery ways. I am very much a creative writer; I come across as juvenile and unpolished when I try to write articles. I positively radiate when it comes to editing, however; I have the patience to go over my own work as much as is necessary, and an irrepressible desire to compress. I express myself best through poetry, but love wringing through a good, long, knotty plot.

 

[Logan Westbrook]

I think we should mix this up a bit. Describing your writing style is all well and good, but if you had to give it a name, what would it be?

Mine would be something like verbose-attention-deficit-post-gonzoism.

Snappy, no?