Write How You Speak

Hi! I'm a chilean teen, and I just know a little of english, but I'll try to tell you my experience about this theme. In the school, I also wrote too formal, but the msn changed this. Now I write the same way I talk (in Spanish, obviously). But it's not a problem, because all my friends do this. I hope you can understand what I wrote. If there's an error, please tell me, I wanna learn a good english and this gonna help me.

I usually write the same way I speak, unless I am writing an article that will be critiqued by a professional. Then I can start sentences with words like "but" or "so" which I do a lot when I talk to people. Here though, it's more of a relaxed environment and I can just kind of let loose and let my thoughts flow out through the keyboard. That's one of the things I love most about Mylot :)

I have noticed that since studying copywriting and re-writing others sales letters that it has improved the way I speak. It is also slowly helping to write the way I speak.

I tend to less formal language when speaking, but not always.

I write how I speak, or at least I try to, there area a lot of things that cannot be conveyed though writing. Sarcasm for one, it's hard to get that across when you write, sometimes things can be miss read and sound really weird and be confusing.

I find that I think first than put out in writing. But then I read out loud to see it if flows and makes sense. This is the way I have always written and it makes sense to me. However sometimes I read some colleagues work and wonder who proof reads as oh my goodness sometimes it seems it is more of a conversation than an informative article.

i like this conversation...I want to know a lot about writing and i think I found a site where can I learn more.. mylot.com has given me a chance where I can write. Write how you speak, ill always remember this.

First of all, I agree on your basic point, write as you would talk. However, there is one difference, T_Diamond. First of all, when I talk it's usually in a conversation, unless you have prepared a speech. So my line of thinking, and therefore the point I want to express, is necessarily interrupted by the other's input. It might get diverted, and we both might end up talking about something totally different than from what we started out with. When I write, I can look further ahead. I can keep my pbjective in mind, focus on what I want to say. Nothing wrong with talking to a person, but when writing I at least don't get interrupted LOL. But otherwise, I write as I would talk.

I was having the same problem when I first started writing. I got myself a small recorder and spoke my ideas into it. Then I would write it out the way I said it. Now I'm told I write with an accent. I think we're using the same idea. It works for me!

I tend to write a lot how I speak. Actually as I type this I am actually talking it out in my head. Of course I am not say period, and stuff like that though. LOL. I think I do use different wording when I write then how I would talk something. Like for instance I don't think if I was talking to you about this that I would have said the word tend. I probably would have just said, yeah, (because I don't really write yeah, but I tend to say that more than yes)I write how I talk. I think I just change some of the workding just a bit.

Hi T_Diamond! I think that's the fun about being able to write articles and write on these type of sites. We are able to write as we speak more freely than when we were writing in school or at work! It makes a big difference! I spend alot of years as a Legal Secretary, which meant not only did I have to write in "legalease" but also had to write "professionally" all the time! I am so happy now to be able to write the way I think and speak! I can be the "real me"!

When you speak from the heart, whether through your mouth or the written word, it comes through as true and tosses personality into the mix. When you struggle to write something that truly isn't you, it's cold, stiff, and not terribly inviting. I tried for several years to write the story of my daughter's life and could never get it right. She wasn't within the pages no matter how much editing I did. One day, I sat down and without really trying to form correct sentences, etc., but writing from my heart, with all the sorrows and vast number of joys we've experienced since her birth, she came alive in the pages and the book became a labor of love instead of a drudging laborious chore.

That was my secret, but I know now that everybody knew that, since when I start to write, I imagine that I am in front of the person or people to whom I am writing, it is much easier to know what to write, I even think myself moving my hands and crying, it have helped me a lot. My writings skills are increasing and my English is getting better since I have start here on mylot

Actually, that's how I prefer to write too. In any non-academic paper I write, I make it a point to make it not very formal. I believe that readers will feel at ease glancing at something casual and lighthearted.

When I write, I believe I am somehow more formal in sentence construction and all things about grammatical rules. I believe it is necessary. With talking of course it is less formal. I can spend hours talking to people perhaps but when I talk I want interaction. It is not just me who is speaking but I want other people to share as well so the conversation or discussion would grow even more exciting. With writing the ball is just on you so you have to put all the elements that would keep the reader reading your article. It is quite hard so you must find the right topic that would really interest people. Well I can write tons of articles about my own experiences and things I have good knowledge about. It is so easy for me for as long as I have full knowledge of the subject. Writing would only be hard for me if I don't have sufficient knowledge on the topic of discussion and also it the topic is not in line with my interests like topics about sports. This is just the same with talking, if you know nothing about the subject matter how could you talk about it? Now even if I know something about it if I don't have interest I also could not find the push to write on that subject as well. If I know little and nothing about any subject matter,or the matter does not interest me, I would rather just keep my mouth shot. This is just the same in writing. I simply could not write or would just prefer not to write on things that don't interest me and also on topics I have no sufficient exposure and knowledge about.

Well, to me, both thinking write it down, and thinking speak it up write it down are almost identical. It depends on the situation you are in. If you want to make an article that has to be done formally (paying attention to linguistic aspects), I believe you should not be worry writing it down and present it. It will sound stiff, for sure, because that's a formal article. But let's see. If you want to present an act, story, or movie script, of course you must try to speak it up first, then write it down. Because sometimes talking does not really need grammar or formality at all.

Your friend is right, my friend. To speak with people around the world is a kind of friendship... To write better you need to write it just what you talk to them personally even do they are not in front of you the spirit of good writers is to speak in your minds and soul have a great day!

I also find it easier to write what is in my mind rather than say it. I am a teacher and when I am given a certain topic which I am familiar of then its easy for me but if it has something to do with unfamiliar things, I'd rather write it down first.

If anyone is proficient in the language, then he would write as he speaks. It should not make any difference to what you want to convey.

It also works find for me. You don't have to worry about technicalities. It's hard to start that way. but if you do it in a way that you're comfortable with, you can actually write one paragraph to another. I think writing this way somehow makes you closer to your reader. since, you are not actually making him read what you write instead it seems that you are talking to him while the reader is reading. in this way you can achieve friendliness, trust and might seem approachable or something.