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	<title>Comments on: Finding your writing style</title>
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		<title>By: Stacey</title>
		<link>http://www.dystel.com/blog/2014/10/finding-your-writing-style/comment-page-1/#comment-39213</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Stacey]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2014 18:04:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks for your feedback, and glad you like the site I linked to, Kate.

I agree, D.C., writers can have more than one style and take chances with their work, but if you can find what style/voice/category, whatever it is that works for you, then you can move in different directions while maintaining some consistency in your work. It&#039;s an interesting thing to consider.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for your feedback, and glad you like the site I linked to, Kate.</p>
<p>I agree, D.C., writers can have more than one style and take chances with their work, but if you can find what style/voice/category, whatever it is that works for you, then you can move in different directions while maintaining some consistency in your work. It&#8217;s an interesting thing to consider.</p>
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		<title>By: D. C.</title>
		<link>http://www.dystel.com/blog/2014/10/finding-your-writing-style/comment-page-1/#comment-39056</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 23:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I think any decent writer needs to have more than one style!

What style is used, IMHO, depends to large degree on the story being told.  
-  A gossipy celebrity bio is best presented in breathless, admiring, confidential tones.  
-  A detective mystery may come to life when told first person by the detective&#039;s sidekick (e.g., Dr. Watson).  
-  A romance can be all the more romantic when we hear the emotion in the heroine&#039;s own voice as she tells it.
-  &quot;Writing for Dummies&quot; needs a more informal and tongue-in-cheek approach than &quot;Raising Exotic Amphibians for Maximum Profit&quot;.

I&#039;ve read -- and I expect you have, too -- a number of books that were &quot;good enough&quot; but would have been so much better if told in a different voice or from a different point of view.

Besides, isn&#039;t it rewarding, as well as entertaining, to limit yourself to one particular approach, perhaps the one with which you are initially least comfortable, but still have it turn out well?]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I think any decent writer needs to have more than one style!</p>
<p>What style is used, IMHO, depends to large degree on the story being told.<br />
&#8211;  A gossipy celebrity bio is best presented in breathless, admiring, confidential tones.<br />
&#8211;  A detective mystery may come to life when told first person by the detective&#8217;s sidekick (e.g., Dr. Watson).<br />
&#8211;  A romance can be all the more romantic when we hear the emotion in the heroine&#8217;s own voice as she tells it.<br />
&#8211;  &#8220;Writing for Dummies&#8221; needs a more informal and tongue-in-cheek approach than &#8220;Raising Exotic Amphibians for Maximum Profit&#8221;.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve read &#8212; and I expect you have, too &#8212; a number of books that were &#8220;good enough&#8221; but would have been so much better if told in a different voice or from a different point of view.</p>
<p>Besides, isn&#8217;t it rewarding, as well as entertaining, to limit yourself to one particular approach, perhaps the one with which you are initially least comfortable, but still have it turn out well?</p>
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		<title>By: Kate</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a gift, thank you. I&#039;m following the professor&#039;s feed.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What a gift, thank you. I&#8217;m following the professor&#8217;s feed.</p>
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