Silver here! Welcome back to a new segment of writing tips! This is my first time writing one of these segments, so please be patient with me. This week, we'll be talking about an important issue and aspect of writing in the community: writing aesthetic. 

 Before we start, let me introduce you into what a writing aesthetic actually is. It's similar to a style, but uses visuals such as bolding to assist it. An example of this would be an author who uses italics throughout their story, and only normal text in the place that italics would normally go, or everyone's least favourite, the use of no capital letters. Everyone has an aesthetic, no matter how big or small it is. Do you use the oxford comma despite being in a country that does not use it? Congratulations, that is an aesthetic. 

 This chapter is not to dictate whether you should use an aesthetic, but rather how to use it.

A must-do is that your aesthetic has to be consistent. If you use bolding or italics to signify another point of view, continue to do this throughout any subsequent books with your character in it. I can't tell you how many times I have been confused while reading a book when the author uses this to complete a point of view, but changes it in the next few chapters or even next few books. An example of this style would be some prints of the popular series, I Am Number Four and following books. After the first book, all books have multiple points of view. Instead of saying who is talking, the author reserves a specific font for each character that is used when it is in their POV. 

 Other aesthetics can be used to show how a character thinks. Using sentences that don't have any spaces, or are incomplete and jumbled can give the reader a view into the characters. If a character is rushing, in trouble or panicking, utilising these methods is a unique stylistic choice. However, you must remember to use these aesthetics sparingly. Reading a whole chapter with no spaces between words or rushed sentences becomes a pain to read over long periods, and must present a contrast between usual styles of writing to give more of an effect. Additionally, sentences with intentional misspelled words, bad grammar, etc. could be used in situations. For example, 'Flowers for Algernon,' a short story, utilises this technique of misspelled words to create a more convincing diary entry for the main character - someone with a mental disability.

However, an aesthetic must not completely ruin the experience of your readers. An example of this would be writers who never use capital letters. This particular style has become more common among the Warrior Cat community. Although I don't particularly recommend it — aesthetics like these are hard to read, especially for a series that has many natural names for characters such as 'Tree,' and it is hard to distinguish between what is and isn't a character. Furthermore, the continuous use of this style makes your story incredibly hard to read. I, for one, always skip over books using such styles because I struggle to distinguish between characters, places and nouns from everything else.

 Thank you, and I hope you use aesthetics well!