It’s there. Many people don’t believe they have one. But it’s there. If you’re unaware of it, it might be because you’ve never trained it.
If you stopped speaking for a week, you’d struggle to get out so much as a croak the first time you open your mouth again. Just like your actual voice, your creative voice can’t be strong if you don’t use it regularly.
When we first start creating with a cadence, we copy and imitate. That’s our weak creative voice grasping for its training wheels. That’s okay. We all need a little help when we begin.
But if you keep practicing, eventually, your creative voice will grow into its own shape. That shape isn’t set, but it’s yours. If you keep creating forever, it’ll keep changing—but it’ll always be uniquely you.
Last year, I wrote the same post twice, set one month apart. I didn’t realize until much later, but I even used some of the same phrases. This week, I rewrote a script for a project at work. I hadn’t touched it in a few weeks. Yet, when rewriting some of the sections from scratch, I ended up typing a sentence almost exactly word for word from the old version. Then, it happened again.
If you exercise your creative voice consistently, your real self will inevitably shine through. As a seasoned artist, you’d always use certain words in certain situations. Certain clips for certain scenes of your film. Or certain melodic patterns in your music. That’s what makes your art unique.
Over time, some of the presets in your creative voice will change. Others won’t. But their totality will always make for a distinct combination—a swirling harmony of notes ready to release a crescendo only you can sing.
Use your creative voice.
