Should you write as you talk? - K Creative | Richard Knobbs ...

Opinions and advice on the topic of whether you should write as you speak are as varied as the people asking the questions. Here's how to decide for yourself.

1) Record yourself speaking

If you mumble, ramble or sound like Yoda after a night on the ale, you probably don't want to write in a similar fashion.

Some people might enjoy articles that read like a whiny teenager ranting about clothes, but others would probably rather bathe in battery acid.

2) Pay close attention to what you are writing

If you're writing a blog post about a night out, you can probably get away with things like 'OMG!!!'. That kind of thing should be avoided, however, when writing something like an obituary.

3) Pay close attention to where you are writing

Your personal blog: you make the rules.

A professional site/publication: you play by the rules.

4) Pay close attention to your audience

Do the people you write for enjoy a more relaxed, chatty style of writing, or do they tend to go for a more formal style with lots of facts and figures? Write accordingly.

5) Stay true to yourself

However you choose to write, make sure you use your voice.

If you make jokes when you talk, make jokes when you write. If you sound like a pretentious arse when you talk, well...possibly somebody likes that style of writing.

6) Remember that speaking and writing are different

You can go back and edit something you have written just as if it never existed. That's not quite the way speaking works.

So, as I suggested in point 1 - record yourself, edit it, and write it down. If it pains you to read it, don't write as you speak. If it reads well, go with it.

Source: http://www.k-creative-japan.com/2012/08/should-you-write-as-you-talk.html

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