The Evolution of My Voice

I have noticed different changes in my writing, in both the creative genre and the professional genre. In the creative genre I've found that I’m more willing to take risks. For example, I wrote a short story “The Flowers” this year in the third person. In the past I would have never written something in the third person because it can be hard to maintain, and honestly a bit intimidating. Another risk in my creative works that I have noticed I am more willing to take is the avoidance of clichés to describe something. For example, instead of using the red hue of a fire truck in a story I described a more muted shade of red. While this may be a bit more difficult for a reader to envision, I do not believe that it will be so difficult that it causes them to put down my story. As for my professional writing, I have noticed more subtle changes in my work. One thing I have noticed is that I am more efficient in using the technical terms I need. It seems that I used to sometimes just drop jargon into a paragraph where it didn't really fit, just so I could seem like I knew what I was talking about. Now, I use jargon correctly and recognize that it is not always needed to get my point across. In my creative writing I think I still write a lot like I talk, which helps me with dialogue. In my professional writing I still use an appropriate vocabulary for the level of knowledge I have in the field I’m writing about, but my level of knowledge has increased. In my creative writing I hope my voice will develop in a way that is recognizable, but not out-of-date. I want people to be able to know I wrote something, but not to be writing the same type of thing that eventually becomes dated and stale. In my professional writing I would like my voice to develop in a way that adds clarity to my work, but still allows me to utilize the legal and professional terms that I must use in the field in which I am writing.