It is often, what is the difference between a good writer and a great writer, the answer is clear style, style makes your writing engaging, easy to read and most importantly makes you stand out from other writers.
It's important to note that not all formats of writing suites full individual creativity, as article writers and journalism focus more on the facts of the topic, leaving little in style a writer can still add their subtle mannerisms in the text; whilst creative writers like poets and novelists can create their world; but no matter who you are, you can impart your style in any formate of writing and this article will go through ways to so.
Overthinking
Many new writers feel like they must be perfect, leading to writers' block and may lead to loss of interest in the writing process, to help with that writer is always important to write with the freedom, to help with reading and writing as much as possible, and do so with little expectation of how it must be, focus on exploring new ideas, techniques and new ways for formatting your work.
As you progress and find that you start earning an income from your writing, it's still important to find time to write with no expectations, one or two hours a week writing to improve your skills and refine your style.
This leads to the second point, patience, developing your style is an easy process, but it's a long process, as it's an important quality for all writers to have it's important to take the time to invest in it.
I often think about how children get into writing, they read all their favourite authors or writers and they take their time to take parts of their style in their work, they do so every day, writing or reading every day; if done in the spirit of enjoyment and not overthinking, it becomes the easiest process in the world.
Lastly, variety of influences; most writers follow and are inspired by authors and writers that they like, for clear reasons, but I believe there is power in reading writers' work you do not like and ask yourself why don’t like them, and even though I don't like them, is their something in their work that I like.
Doing this means you're a writer with a wide library of knowledge to use when writing and giving style more complexity.
In conclusion, developing your style is a very easy process, it takes time and patience; when done is what differentiates a good writer from a great writer.
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