How do i make my writing style better?

Question

I take critical writing in high school. My teacher likes papers to be real. When he reads it, he wants to feel like someone is talking to him.

I somewhat lack it. What ways could i make a writing style the best?

Answer 1

Your teacher is trying to get you more into what you are writing. He wants to hear your literary voice. I see it a lot. Young authors read certain books and admire the author's style, so they decide that is what an "aut-hor" should sound like and they write that way.

Try writing like you speak. Obviously this teacher has heard you answer in class and has determined that your speaking "voice" and your "voice" on paper differ. Try to write more like you are sitting down and telling your story. Put aside your preconceived notions of what an author should or should not sound like. Find your own literary voice.

Try writing a couple paragraphs and then reading them out loud to yourself. Do they sound like you? Or JK Rowling? Or Tolkein? Or Stephen King? Be yourself.

Bring yourself into your work if you can. If you are writing a critical essay, it sounds like yours is the type of teacher who likes students to relate the story to their own lives. Ask him that question. Because some teachers love it that you can read anything and relate it to your life and the present world in some way and other teachers want strict critique. I remember one semester in college having one English prof who loved it that I could relate things to me and another who hated it. It drove me nuts. One liked that first person folksy Mark Twain kind of style and the other was strictly formal Nathaniel Hawthorne. Ugh.

The best thing you can do is ask for a few moments alone with the teacher to go over one of your papers. Do some rewrite first and then ask the teacher to compare the two and discuss with you what it is they want. If it is the beginning of the semester, now is the time to do it before you start getting lower grades.

Pax- C

Answer 2

Make it personal, you can use tricks like "it is the opinion of this author (essayist, writer, etc) that..." it's a way to make it sound both personal and professional. Interject a few of those throughout the writing and that should be good enough.

Also, be honest. Say what you really believe, sincerity always comes through the most. Use your own words, don't worry if it doesn't sound smart enough, that won't matter. All your teacher wants is to hear your voice when he/she reads your essays. So, use your own voice.

Best of luck :)

Answer 3

If you are writing fiction, then i suggest that you really try to develope all your characters before you even start to write. Figure out their whole life. What's happened to them in the past, who do they have relationships with, what kind of childhood did they have. Play a psychiatrist and ask your characters questions about his or her life. This helps to clarify to yourself why your character's personality is the way it is, how your character will effect the story, and how the characters react to eachother. Writing in first person is an easy way to make your writing sound more personal.

Answer 4

The best way to learn how to write is to read. A lot. You'll come across things you want to emulate in your own writing, things you want to steer away from, and eventually you'll absorb it enough that you'll start putting it to practice in your own writing automatically.

Answer 5

Look for papers similar to the style he wants and copy them by hand to see how they did it. You'll see every bit of work they put into it.

Then you go back to your paper and rewrite it in the same style. Don't use their phrases, but do learn how they organized their arguments and presented their case.

Answer 6

Imagine you are relating a story to someone you respect that is in the room with you. Then, be natural.

Answer 7

Keep working on it. As they say, practice makes perfect. Or you could do some research . Hope this can help you