: Re: How do I control my writing style? In one of the answers to a question of mine here, someone said that cadence does not depend on the sprung rhythm of a text, but on making emphasis fall

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Voice is highly individual --it's a large part of what makes your writing distinct, so there aren't really any rule-based ways to develop it. In fact, many of the strongest writers' voices break rules that are ironclad for other people.
I would recommend finding some writers whose voice you admire, and writing some pieces in imitation of them --not for publication, but just to get the feel of how voice changes the way things are expressed. Conversely, you could also try doing some very neutral-voice, rule-following writing, because it's hard to effectively break the rules until you've mastered them. You might also try writing poetry. Prose is not poetry, but most of the best prose writers have a poet hiding just under the surface.
Ultimately, however, you're just going to need to do a large quantity of writing until your voice develops. And ironically, it will probably be a two steps forward, one step backwards kind of dance, where you'll lose your voice before rediscovering it.

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