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Hi, I'm Marilyn, and I wrote a book! I spent a good year on it and I would EXTREMELY appreciate it if you checked it out! It's a romance/fantasy about my OC Boston as he tries to not only naviagte the struggles of love but also his horrid mental health (all while he tries to escape poachers) Please give it a read! <3

Hey, I’m @/obscuresquirrel on Instagram! ✌

Every author has a writing style. I have one, you have one. Stephen King has one. J.K Rowling has one. Poets have them, novelists have them. The way that they tell the story is a writer's unique writing style.

Identifying Styles

One way to define someone’s writing style is to read multiple texts by them, and listing the various reoccurring ‘tics’, or ways things are said and described. The style is mostly beyond the genre, so (for e.g) between romance and horror, these are the traits that will remain. 

There are special cases to this. Some authors take up a different ‘voice’ when writing in different genres, so may sometimes their books seem, at first, like it was written by someone else. 

Identifying Your Style

I’d say that the best way to figure out your style, is getting someone else to read a sample of your works. This works better because the qualities that make your work distinctive often goes unnoticed when you read it back. 

Reading a combination of genres/types of text, etc, can give an even more precise list of characteristics. 

Changing Your Style

So now, you have a good idea of your style. If there are some elements about it that you don’t like, finding an author whose style you do like can be used to influence yours. 

Record the styles of other people, and try to adjust those bits you don’t like so much around the model subject.

Remember: There is nothing wrong with having a ‘different’ writing style. Everyone has preferences, and there will always be someone who enjoys your work! Also, do not copy other authors style exactly. It is always good to be unique and your genuine self through any type of writing.

I love you more than anything

I hate just as much

I wish you would feel

anything at all for me

How can I live without you?

How could I live with you?

My heart is broken

I’m @blood.writing on instagram oops

Sibling relationships can be hard to write. Especially if you are an only child, and every sibling relationship can be different.

So here comes me. With bad grammar and tips to help you out.

First of all, every child is treated differently. I as the oldest out of three got treated very differently than my youngest brother. This may also be because I’m a girl. An example:

I at the age of 11 got my first phone. A Nokia, that couldn’t store more than 10 photos. I got it because I had to bike to school for 30 minutes. And my parents were nervous and wanted to be able to call me. My younger brother, got my Nokia after me. For the exact same reason. He also started biking at the age of 11. Before that he and I would always be brought to school. My youngest brother, got a bigger smartphone than I have currently. At the age of 10. See the difference? But he had to start biking from the age of 10.

My point: parents are always most protective over the firstborn. It’s the kid that tries out everything for the first time. This isn’t just the first time for the kid, it’s also the first time for the parents. Sleeping over at a friend for the first time ever? Fun for the kid. But can make the parents nervous. After a while they will get used to it. And the other siblings will be able to sleep over easier. Hence why I wasn’t allowed to sleep over at a friend till the age of 8 and my youngest brother could at 6.

Other real things I have/had/did with my siblings:

1. I had a favourite sibling from the age of 4 to 13. Probably the one who bothered me the least at that moment. It would switch all the time.

2. Age gaps between siblings are a real thing. I’m 15 and my brother is 10. We see the world completely different. I can relate way less to him than to my 14 year old brother. We have things in common. But not that much. Even though my 10 year old brother used to be my favourite sibling for a while. But like I said it changes. And just now I’m starting to notice more and more differences because of age difference.

3. My brothers have some days where they will do anything just to annoy me. They will walk in my room 24/7. Stare at me, say hi. And walk right back out. Imagine that but 20 times a day. It gets annoying. And then when you call them out on it they will probably act shocked.

4. My parents always take my youngest brother side. In any argument me and my brother have. This shows that the youngest sibling is probably seen as the most innocent.

5. Physical fights are a thing. I once got into an argument with my brother. And we literally fought each other because we were both very stubborn. And I was a pretty athletic kid, so I obviously won. And my mom was literally afraid that the school would think my parents abused him. I beat him up that bad.

6. We get into arguments over the stupidest things. And can be some hell of a good friends two hours later. Without apology’s, we don’t do those unless our parents make us apologise. The fights magically solve itself. We probably forget about it. Since it was literally so stupid. It could be over the last bowl of cereal.

7. We have secrets about each other that our parents aren’t allowed to find out. And well, we aren’t afraid to use that against each other as argument in one of those thousands of discussions.

8. I call my brother the stupidest of names ever. From idiot to disgusting uncultured swine from the swamps of Shrek.

9. I LOVE LOVE LOVE, to embarrass my brother when his friends are nearby. He doesn’t obviously, but will delightfully do the same to me. Especially when he’s with friends that don’t know me. And then I’ll act like some weird crackhead who’s friends with him.

10. Last one for now, we do a lot for each other. If my brother is sick, I’ll either make him food. Or laugh at him. There’s no inbetween and is probably 100% decided by what he screwed me over with, the days before he got sick.

11. Jk this is the last one. I will give them one of my kidneys. But my charger is out of boundaries. Get yo filthy hands off of it.

Here is a preview from my ebook, currently in review by amazon:  

Feeling sorry for you

a tear escaped my eye

it rolls down my cheek with the word sorry

rolling around inside.

 I put on my mask, paint my face in the mirror, but in the reflection I see no pretty face Just a caked on powders, some painted on disgrace

 Feeling sorry for you I was actually feeling sorry for me More tears escape the eyes I thought I locked

They roll down my cheek The reflection of my gun cocked Rolling around inside