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  How to Find Your Voice as a Blogger

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• Voice…or Volume?

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• An Offer to Moo About

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• Hearing Voices

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  Know Thyself & Write Like a Columnist: Finding Your Voice

  3342 readersToday on Fuel Your Writing, writer and blogger Marya Zainab helps us find our voice. ——————————————————————————————————————————– Define Your Voice I’ll go first. My voice is: colloquial, casual, concise, friendly, inviting, inspiring (hopefully), thoughtful, comic (fingers crossed), self deprecating, quirky. My voice is not: businesslike, formal, authoritative, serious, snarky, cynical, offensive, zen-like,dark, dreamy, snobbish, lyrical, abstract, literary, perfect. Now, it’s your turn.

• Happy New Year!

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  How to Find Your Writing Voice

  1870 readersWhen you’re a writer or a blogger, you’re putting your voice out there. It’s a lot like standing on stage singing your heart out for all the world to see. But figuring out your writing voice isn’t easy. It’s especially hard for new writers to find their writing voice, because they already feel awkward having

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  How Blogging Led to a Career Without Limits

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