writing technique
Author's stylistic approach
Writing technique refers to the specific methods and devices a writer uses to achieve effects on the page—sentence structure, word choice, point of view, imagery, pacing, dialogue.
The term usually appears in discussions of craft: Her writing technique improved after she started reading more carefully.
A technique might be conscious or intuitive, learned or invented.
- outliningTracing outer contours
- in medias resStarting amid events
- paragraphingDividing text into blocks
- ethosCollective moral character
- imageryVivid descriptive language
pathos · symbolism · syntax · punctuation · logos · grammar · sequencing · diction · narrative arcs · parallelism · antithesis · juxtaposition · alliteration · irony · simile · word choice · analogy · metaphor
- writing influencesinspiration, mentor, homage, pastiche, tribute