As a writer you have what we call a "voice". Your voice is the arrangement of certain words that creates the personality of a character, but also the feel of the narrative. For example, putting the words "rather" and "not at all" into a sentence could create a more pompous or intelligent feel to the narration. Though I'm not saying that intelligent people are pompous.
Example sentences:
When Lady Eclaire got back, she found her house a disarrayed state and she was not in a very happy mood.
When Lady Eclaire got back, she found her house in a rather disarrayed state and she was not in a very happy mood, not at all.
So you see just by adding a few certain words I have taken a somewhat okay sentence that would fit into this story and made it work very well indeed.
Though, don't get me wrong, I am not an expert BY FAR in this field because I'm still messing around with what I want my voice as a writer to be. One thing I do recommend, mostly because I hear many people say this to me, is that when you're in the same boat as I am, that you should read, Read, READ! Because when you're experimenting with the voice that you will be using in the future it doesn't just come to you in a lighting bolt struck down from Zeus himself. Oh, no. It's a collage of others' voices put together in a new way that describes you.
It's like technology. Thomas Edison, and shoot me down now if I got this wrong, created the light bulb which was very basic compared to technology today and was also the basis of the technology we now use today. Our technology didn't just come out of nowhere, it was inspired by another machine or idea that predates our inventors' time.
And so, dear gypsies, if you're out there, and even if you're not a writer, if you're trying to find your voice or style, or technique; look at someone else's, the classics of your field, and draw on them to create your own unique voice.
Keep searching,
Gypsy Ink
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