How do I make my writing sound like me?

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Efri Dereje · Accepted Answer

Your writing voice is not a set of adjectives such as “warm, witty and authoritative.” It is a pattern of choices.

Look at things you wrote when you were not trying to sound like a writer: emails, messages, voice notes, comments, explanations to colleagues. Notice your sentence length, vocabulary, humor, level of bluntness, examples, favorite transitions and the things you would never say.

Then keep those patterns when you edit. Most people make their writing generic during polishing because they replace natural language with what they think professional writing is supposed to sound like.

If you use AI, feed it examples of your real writing and tell it what to preserve. But do not ask AI to invent your voice from scratch.

A recognizable writing voice is simply your normal way of thinking made clearer, not your personality replaced with a brand costume.