How to Find Your Writing Style

If you’re going to create an ebook, then of course you’re going to need to handle rather a lot of writing. Ebooks are typically at least 10,000 words and anything extra on top of that should be considered a bonus. The problem is that many of us aren’t quite Shakespeare and don’t have a lot of experience with writing.

We have the ideas. We have the audience… We just need a way to convey our points on paper in a way that that audience will find interesting and engaging! This post will help you do that…

What is Good Writing?

The first question to ask is: what is good writing? What makes a piece of writing good while another piece is considered sub-par? This comes down to numerous factors but perhaps the biggest point is that good writing is efficient in conveying meaning.

In other words, your most important aim is to ensure that the person reading your content understands the point you’re trying to make. And seeing as you’re being efficient with words, that means you’re going to try and convey those points in as few words as possible. This way, the reader comes away with the maximum ‘value’ for their time investment.

The question you might now have, is why you should ever bother writing with flamboyant language.

Why add extra vocabulary and why use decorative expressions if you’re simply trying to be as efficient as possible?

In this case the answer is that you’re trying to convey as much meaning as possible. That means there should be subtle nuance to your sentences and implicit information that the reader can take away.

How to Engage

At the same time, your aim is also to engage the reader and make sure that they keep on reading to the end of your book. There are numerous ways you do this. One is simply to use a narrative structure with ‘cliff hangers’ that will keep them moving from one sentence to the next. Another important tip is to ensure that your writing isn’t confusing or verbose (which ties into the last point).

What’s also crucial though is that you get your tone and style right, which is one of the more difficult aspects of this process. The tone must sound conversational enough that it will feel as though you’re speaking but at the same time it needs to match the topic/niche that you’re writing about. In other words, a book on business should sound a lot more professional and less conversational as opposed to a book on knitting!