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What exactly is writing style?

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Have you ever loved a book but struggled to explain why you loved the writing? Maybe it was the humour, the dialogue, the descriptions, or how the author made you feel everything.

Writing style is about more than beautiful sentences. It’s about how a story makes you experience what happens.

I break it down in my new Writing Style 101 article, using four imagined Nigerian writers to explore how background, voice, diction, narration, and more can shape a story.

Table of content:

1. The Writer Behind the Story: How Experiences Can Shape What We Read

2. Author Voice: Why Some Writers Feel Instantly Recognizable

3. Narrator’s Voice: Who Is Telling You the Story?

4. Character Voice: Why Everyone Shouldn’t Sound the Same

5. Diction: The Words That Shape Your Reading Experience

6. Description: What the Author Chooses to Show You

7. Exposition: How Much Information Does the Story Give You?

8. Narration: How the Story Unfolds

9. Sarcasm, Humor, Irony, and Other Techniques

10. Language and Cultural References: What Does the Story Assume You Know?

11. Four Writers, One Scene: Which Version Speaks to You?

12. So, What Exactly Are You Noticing When You Read?

13. Your turn: Become a more curious reader

And yes, did you notice I used FOUR Nigerians to teach you all this? There’s a reason I write stories!

Read the full article by clicking this link → Writing Style 101: Why Two Writers Can Tell the Same Story Differently.

And if you enjoyed this little lesson, please buy one or two of my books. Tainks!

Xoxo

Camaa!