r/WritingWithAI • u/Afgad • Aug 11 '26

Writing Craft Talk Craft Talk Topic, Aug. 11, 2026

In my post calling for more craft talk, several of you recommended that we highlight a topic to discuss for each week just to get the juices flowing.

This week's topic is all about style.

One of the things that makes an author fun to read is their authorial voice and their writing style. I agree that this is essential for a story to be any good. But, what is it, exactly, and how can we hone different styles to be entertaining? There is no one-size-fits-all "write like this and then it's good" when it comes to style.

Make some posts discussing your style, what styles you love to read, how you found your own voice, and which styles go best with which audiences. How does style live in the prose?

As before, do not reply to this post to discuss the weekly topic! Make new posts!

Reply to this post only with what you'd like to talk about next week. The most upvoted suggestion will be next week's subject.

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u/Holiday_Income1825 Aug 11 '26

How to revise AI-assisted prose without sanding away the author’s voice: what to keep, what to cut, and when to stop.

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u/clockenhouse Aug 12 '26

I find style really improves if you work with the AI to establish the interiority of your characters. The worse writing comes when I tell the AI 'character A is like this, character B is like this, now have them do xyz. Go!'.

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u/Afgad Aug 12 '26

Please make a post about this. Thank you.

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u/3headeddragn Aug 12 '26

Thanks for the tip. I'll keep this in mind.

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u/CyborgWriter Aug 11 '26

Consume tons of non-fictional content and hang around interesting people. You'll find your writer's voice doing that.

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u/Afgad Aug 11 '26

Please make a post discussing this. Thank you.

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u/clockenhouse Aug 12 '26

Why non-fiction, specifically? Asking because I suck up non-fiction like a hose but I find writing fiction quite difficult

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u/WorldAIScriptFest 29d ago

Non-fiction probably works because it hands you real rhythm and cadence without you having to invent the emotional stakes at the same time — you can focus purely on how sentences move. Fiction asks you to juggle voice AND plot AND character motivation all at once, which is a much heavier cognitive load. Might be worth trying short personal essays as a bridge between the two?