Finding My Voice

I blame America’s primary education system for the reason why I do not have a voice when I write. I blame their strict curriculum/guidelines for programming me to write only in a formal academic style and thinking this was the only right way to write. I blame their curriculum that restricted individuality that striped the qualities that makes me unique.

Now, for the sake of personal growth and my personal goal to become more authentically me, I must put myself back together. By exploring my instinctual reason for why I want to write. Based on what I have gathered so far, I think my natural writing style is poetic. Figurative language comes naturally to me, and I enjoy exploring different rhetorical patterns and expressions. I would rather explain my points by relating it to understandable concepts. I learned this about myself because I get a kick out of trying to debunk the meaning to figure of speech.  

Now that I am in college, I think that I am slowly finding my voice. Although, I find it contradictory that I am asked to write in my voice, but I also should consider my audience needs when writing. According to Lamott, finding your voice in writing requires not letting others who oppose as an authoritative figure impact your writing style. But, for rhetorical purposes it is needed to consider what the audience needs is in order to improve rhetorical appeal. I find this to be a writer’s dilemma because, I guess, a writer needs to balance these needs.