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Finding Your Voice and Making Your Message Loud and Clear

Finding Your Voice and Making Your Message Loud and Clear

Finding your voice is hard, y’all. Whatever the reason, you can find yourself lost for words. You may only be starting and are not sure where to begin…

At the time of writing this post, I have only written about twenty posts on this website in the past 10 months. Writing is hard, too.

It take a lot of work. I recorded the time of I spent researching on one post, which includes the post copy, the graphics and links and social media elements. The entire article took 4.5 hours. Yes, I put 4.5 hours of work into this post.

I also put writing time in at work to develop content for their website.

Practice

Practice. You have to practice writing to find your voice.

20 posts strong and I’m still finding my voice. But I’m practicing. And the more practice that goes in the strong your voice is going to be. (The writing will become easier, too).

If writing is intimidating, then you need to schedule time to write.

If you use the “get to it later” mentality, then you’ll end up like me trying to hurry in accomplishing a lot of work before the end of the year.

Share

Share. Share your content on your social media channels. Announce it to the world that you’ve started writing.

Ask for people’s opinions. Ask them to comment. Ask them to engage with you.

If you’re writing for yourself, such as in a journal, then it’s fine to keep it private. But if you’re starting a blog, then ask people for feedback.

Read

Read. Read other articles that interest you and read articles that don’t. Read articles that you disagree with and comment on them.

Sometimes, it’s good to listen to other voices to help shape your own. Other voices can offer clarity during a time when you’ve only been listening to your own thoughts.

Re-read. Re-read your own work. You may find that something you wrote in six months ago is outdated. You can update your old work. You write a follow-up about your old work and why your opinion has changed.

Things Take Time

Finding your voice takes time. Finding your voice takes practice.

Don’t be hard on yourself. Don’t overthink it. Just start writing.

As you write, take notice of topics that are easy for you to write. Try to write on those topics again and again and again. The easier it is for you to write about, then then more you’ll want to write.

Motivation is what gets you started. Habit is what keeps your going. – Jim Rohn

What have you tried to make yourself more comfortable finding your writing voice? Let me know in the comments below.

Katie Kinsley

Katie Kinsley

Hailing from the great state of Wisconsin, Katie Kinsley is a content creating, email marketing, overambitious plant-lover (read: killer). She's obsessed with planning detailed vacations and finding and building an affordable wardrobe. She's an individualist at heart discovering self-growth, a parent to a dog and a cat and in love with productivity hacks.
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Katie Kinsley is a Texas-based digital marketer and aspiring influencer. This is a lifestyle blog focused on Katie’s work-in-progress life. She’s focused on creating joy in the everyday, sharing adventures throughout Dallas/Ft. Worth (and the world), and empowering women to find their confidence — all in her unique unfiltered style.
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