My writing style is something that I haven’t really used until now. I have two styles of writing which may be familiar to you if you’ve read multiple writing pieces of mine.
The first style is the style that you’re reading right now. It’s more casual and chaotic, which makes it more bearable to read and makes it faster for me to write. While I may use some words that are a bit advanced, most of my work with this style is more understandable and down to earth.
A style fuelled by my madness– a madness with principles. It’s contradictory nature– formality with emotions threatening to upheave it. A tone that lacks divinity yet makes up for it with mortal grace. It’s imagery conjured by thoughts, reserved for writing that has garnered my passion. A vocabulary weathered by time– a homage to those before me.
A style not favoured by time– one that makes the most of the multi-disciplinary knowledge that lingers with me. A style favoured by me— one whose harvest will determine its fate. A style in which my pride resides, a pride whose hubris is none. Its growth determined by my sacrifice. A style that hides details in sight, letting my true nature stay hidden.
Most of the time, you’ll find me just mixing these two styles since the first style is more conversational and preferred by casual readers and the second style is for those who appreciate the finer things in life.
The second style may remind you of scripture at times, both past and future. But I can assure that there’s no direct references to scripture. I usually use the structure of scripture since I’ve incorporated it into the second style. Its simple yet powerful language is something that I’ve noticed about it and have come to like.
I’ve also taken inspiration from the various books that I’ve read over the course of a decade which also gives me a word bank with the corresponding breadth. Both Western values and Eastern values hold an influence over my writing as well, but I would say that it’s more slanted towards Eastern values due to the literature that I’ve been reading originating from those areas. Their vocabulary and creativity is something that I admire. In turn, it gives me inspiration and a drive to match their level or to at least try to.
Another subtle difference that I’ve noticed while writing is that I prefer the English of the Englishmen over the English of the Americans. Now the reason for that is due to the Englishmen dialect being most widely taught and utilized in most countries thanks to the UK’s colonization spree. It’s something that you won’t notice due to the autocorrect fulfilling its duty.
My earlier hypothesis about my advertising methods was correct. Ugh, why am I right? As I wrote before in a previous piece, I scrolled through some of my peers’ stories to advertise myself by using their sense of curiosity. It’s an effective way to advertise myself by checking their stories whenever I publish a new piece.
But my predicament is that most of them are girls since the guys’ don’t post stories and don’t come up on my recommended people list. So by doing this, I risk being known for being performative, a value that I find as abhorrent. Another risk is my content becoming way more widespread overnight, an event that is equally unlikely and horrific for my health, both physically and medically.
It’s an annoying problem since it’s the only way for me to direct traffic to my posts. I don’t want to follow people since it’ll leave a bigger footprint behind. This strategy of mine sits on the twilight of my ethics, bordering the dark.
Sigh, this will be my compromise. For those of you that I’m referring to, I give you my sincere apologies for this. I understand that this may come across as unnecessary and overboard for an act that can easily be brushed aside in today’s world.
I also acknowledge that I could’ve put too much thought into this and that it’s not that deep. Regardless, I am obligated to do this– I will not deny my ego and ethics their rightful voice. I am not afraid to apologize for my actions, be it righteous or malign.
While you’re here, check up on some of my works. If you like them, follow me. If you don’t, that’s fine. I encourage feedback, be it in dms or in comments. This also applies to any topic related to my writing or just writing as well so feel free to go into my dms. I won’t judge you nor will I use it against you– for the mask I wear is a tight mask, forbidding me from speaking of my own affairs, let alone the affairs of others.
For anything else, I’ll just kindly rebuff you or decide on a case by case basis. After all, the sole intent and purpose of this account is for writing alone.
To give some further clarification, when I say peers in this context, I am referring to seniors alone. No I do not know any of them which may come as a surprise to those of you reading.
My flaw of overthinking has manifested itself. Along with it, I believe that I’ve discovered another flaw. Overexplaining.
Now this flaw unlike others is a deliberate flaw, I refuse to leave room for my words or actions to be misconstrued. (for more serious matters) This is a conviction of mine that has become stronger over time. I do not mind letting others see the way I think or the thoughts behind every one of my actions. “Every” is too strong in a way since there are certain actions that would paint me in a good light, but would be too awkward to explain.
From this, I wish to add another clause to “Why do I write?”.
“I write to question myself– to scrutinize each action I take. I must question the thoughts I wield– to prune the unhealthy ones. I must question the ego that defines me– for hubris is a sin that I am unwilling to partake in. I must question the ethics that mark my boundaries– to ensure that I can account for my actions. I must question my faith– to ensure that my vision remains clear. If I cannot question myself, how can I question others? I refuse to allow myself to rationalize the descent of even a single component of my being. If I lack the resolve to question myself, how could I even DARE to question others?”
Something that I’ve noticed is the effects that the body has on our spirit. As of my writing, I have foot pain, lower back pain, and aches in general. This is the result of having some fun after a long time. From my observation, due to all of the short-term abuse that I put my body through, the tiredness of my body has seeped into my mind and spirit.
However, as you can see here, I’m still writing. My body may falter but my mind does not tire so soon. So this effect is an indirect one with noticeable symptoms. I find that relationship interesting even though I’m just making conjectures with only my experiences. I would like to point out that I am a layman for most subjects. This effect probably works in reverse as well, with one part being happy and energized and its counterpart also gaining some of that energy.
Another thing that I forgot to mention while writing about my writing style is that I usually prefer to write at least a thousand words per piece. The first and second pieces of my writing are the only exceptions to this. It’s only fair considering that I just started to write. As of now, this piece has at least 1.3k words which will definitely be fun for some people to read, the others will just tap out of it. I can’t wait to have free roam for a few of my courses. After all, I have a reputation to now uphold. Plus, publishing less than a thousand words is now a standard for me at this point.
I do use chatgpt– not for the reasons you think. I use it to find grammar errors so I can correct them myself since it taints everything it touches. I also use it for feedback to find areas to improve. I’m proud to say that I stole its comma placements (oxford comma) and dash placement.
GPT’s end-goal is to please its user and would gladly hallucinate to do so which is why I abhor using it to edit my work or to even consider the notion of improving it. Yes, AI can hallucinate and create its own data and cite non-existent sources. I’ve seen Gemini uninstall itself after it couldn’t fix some code. I would be more explicit but I’m using a school chromebook to type out all of my writing.
If you want to use AI, use it as a supplement instead of relying on it for everything. I know that there are people who believe that they could use AI to pass and graduate high school without actually studying and putting in effort. They forget how serious academic honesty is taken and how it could ruin their educational path entirely.
Sure, if you use it once or twice because you didn’t have time, that’s fine. But if you solely rely on it, enjoy having the stigma of being artificially smart. Your usage of AI undermines the collective value of our education which is already underway with automation. Then again, I doubt you have the patience to read all of this, let alone the integrity.
Sigh I feel old at times like this. Anyways, congratulations for reaching the end of this piece since I feel like I wrote filler because I just wanted to write lol. I think this is the one activity in which I don’t want to annoy people since it directly affects me