Kurt Vonnegut
Wait a minute. Is this title still makes sense? Readers can listen to you?
Of course they can. If you write law.
I never took writing courses. I didnÂ't major in English. And IÂ'm sure my writing isnÂ't polished as other authors.
As I write as I speak. As IÂ'm having a conversation with you now. And although isnÂ't the only way to attract readers and help to "listen" to your written Italian is undoubtedly an effective technique.
Kurt Vonnegut once said:  "The great writers need to be milestones in its readers. "
This means that you and I are on a date now. (By the way, that shirt really draws the eye.)
Anyway, back to write well. I think the key to capture the ears of his readers (in a third type of Van Gough, incidentally) is your voice. And a "voice" I mean quality labels, feel, sound and tone of his writing.
Take Dave Barry. It is, in my opinion is the funniest writer in the world. Liena is an excerpt from one of his columns 1996, the Miami Herald:
Recently, when I was a burger at a outdoor restaurant, two men began their Harley-Davidson parked about 25 yards away. Naturally, being men Harley, these rebels – lone wolves, guys who make their own way, guys who do not follow the crowd. You could say, because they wore the same jeans, jackets, boots, scarves, sunglasses, belt buckles, tattoos and (presumably) underwear worn by some 28 million of werewolves, other Harley.
Readers who feel face to face with Dave Barry would just like his writing: funny and exaggerated.
Then listen. Thata's probably why HEA sold millions and millions of books worldwide.
Dave I use as an example because it has a unique voice. And coming from someone who reads two books a week, IÂ'm sorry to say that very few writers understand the importance of developing and using your voice.
Because theyÂ're fear. The fear of breaking the rules of grammar and structure of TheyÂ're. Afraid to throw in his Art TheyÂ're. And theyÂ're fear theyÂ'll should apologize for his writing might offend someone.
So they hide their true self behind it is boring, is-my-English-teacher-o-chief, "he said to me-to-do kind of writing.
Look. CanÂ't tell you how to put more of yourself in your writing only you can decide. Also, how do I know? After all, it is only our first date.
Take a tip or two teachers. Leo Tolstoy said, "only in writing with the pen immersed in their own blood. William Jenkins once said, "a style of quality is like walking on stage naked.Â"
Now ask yourself: Is it my writing reveal who I really am to my readers? Â »
If the answer is not, here are some ways to begin:
1) What you write, read aloud. Decide whether you really sound like. Imagine youÂ're delivered a speech at Harvard: What would those 5000 students listen really you?
2) Pay attention to certain words and expressions used in daily conversations. Are you also of your writing?
3) Take a newspaper and read three editorials. What do you like or not like the voice of the journalist? During playback, you are fully committed or thinking Anything else?
All writers have a unique voice, whether used or not. IsnÂ't So it is something to be created. Thata ITA Something is already there, because from the heart.
All you need do is find that voice. And his readers to listen.
Well, I had a lot of fun. Hopefully we can back out a little …
… How about a goodnight kiss?
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Kurt Vonnegut
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