Voice reference · 12 minutes · no account

Good writing can still fail to sound like you.

Your first voice starts with 100 words in the passport. This optional workshop helps you organize three varied references before adding them to your voice.

Build my reference

Your texts stay in this browser until you choose to create a voice.

12-minute workshop

Build a reference from evidence

Everything stays in this browser until you choose to create a voice.

1. Choose three real texts of yours

Use at least 34 words per text and vary the context. 0 words entered.

A text people rememberedA post, email or message that prompted a real reaction from people who know you.A text faithful to your thinkingSomething you reread and recognize as exactly what you meant.A representative textThe kind of text you write most weeks, in its normal form.

2. Name the constants

Describe what the examples show. Avoid reducing a voice to adjectives.

Point of view and convictionsWhich ideas or positions remain recognizably yours?Concrete details and evidenceWhich facts, scenes or examples ground your writing?Natural vocabularyWhich words and turns of phrase recur naturally?Phrasing you refuseWhich clichés or formulas should never appear?Rhythm and sentence lengthHow does the writing breathe when read aloud?Openings and conclusionsHow do you usually begin and end?

3. Keep the reference usable

This file prepares the reference. It is not a verdict. A verdict still compares a new text with the source writing and may abstain.

Create my voice with these texts

Complete all three texts to carry them into onboarding.

What the workshop prepares

Three real texts
Start from writing you actually produced, not a generic list of style defects.
A reusable asset
Keep, edit and reuse the reference sheet after the workshop.
A clear boundary
The workshop prepares evidence. Only a comparison against it can produce a verdict.

A reference sheet prepares evidence. It does not return a verdict.

Fluency is not fidelity, and a voice cannot be reduced to five adjectives. A credible verdict needs real source writing.

Deciding on a new draft means comparing it with that reference and accepting that the measurement may abstain.

Create my voice from the references

100 words → one voice → richer references → a verdict.

A free account remembers the voice so each new text takes one click.

Create my voice for free