Find Your Squidoo Voice
Your Squidoo voice (your writing style) can mean the difference between having a good lens or having a great lens that people want to come back to again, and again.
Squidoo writing should be conversational in tone and fun to read while still being authoratative. You are the expert, you love your subject, and you enjoy telling others about it.
When you start to preach about something, or just state facts in a more formal way, although your information and recommendations may be valid, readers can become bored and leave your lens to find something a bit more lighthearted and interesting to read. Giant lensmaster Victoria_Neely has created a wonderful lens on this subject that I think all lensmasters will benefit from reading.
Conversational Writing vs. Formal Writing explores the differences between these two very different styles of writing and supplies tips and explanations to help you know when and where each style is appropriate. I think that finding your own unique Squidoo voice is critical to the success of your lenses.
Victoria_Neely’s fun-to-read Conversational Writing vs. Formal Writing can help you discover exactly which type of writing you’ve been doing and perhaps lead you to find your own perfect Squidoo voice; a voice your reader’s will trust and come back to hear more of.





June 25, 2008 - 1:19 pm
Good article, great links. Thanks for the reminders.
June 25, 2008 - 1:33 pm
Great lens to showcase, very well done. It’s nice to see what could be a very academic topic presented so conversationally!
June 25, 2008 - 2:05 pm
Thanks for featuring my lens! I was excited to see this up here.
June 25, 2008 - 6:14 pm
Victoria done taughted me to right good! lol, seriously, it’s a great lens!
June 29, 2008 - 10:40 am
Very nice to have found this showcase. I’m so behind on Giant Stuff. I need to get on the ball!
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