Is your writing worse than dry toast?

Did you know you could spice it up a bit with a few proven tips?

Blogger Chris Garrett offers these nuggets:

Know Thyself

“Being yourself” means knowing what being yourself is like. One way to discover your “you-ness” is to understand your values, beliefs, philosophy. What are your priorities? This isn’t just important from a “personality” point of view but also it’s good to be consistent in your approach as people mistrust you if you contradict yourself.

Make It Personal

It’s important to include some personal details for people to feel they have connected with your personality. Also people are more likely to like people who have things in common. Those personal details are the bridges between you, common ground as it were.

Write Like You Talk

When you are speaking to someone you address them. You don’t talk “at” them, you talk “to” them. You ask questions, you give them space to reply, you tend to use natural language rather than “jargonese”.

Relax

The best advice is to relax. When you let your writing flow your personality will come through naturally.

So let’s get personal here.

I like to write less about my personal life, but I do like to write like I speak. This is not very hard for me as I am a “big talker.” (See I just got personal)

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