How to improve your writing skills

Expressing your thoughts, sharing them with others and getting feedback is great. Every one of us wants to develop and learn all the time. It’s inherent in us. Probably by nature. For my own purposes, I made a little note about the direction in which I would like to develop, and maybe it will be useful for you too.

Get rid of unnecessary, parasitic words

Because they kind of get in the way a lot, in short. Both in spoken and written speech, we all have words that we would like to use less often. For me, for example, these are words like “for example,” “maybe,” “besides that,” and a few others that I can’t immediately think of. Although these words add some beauty to the text, you shouldn’t use them too often either. You can replace them with synonyms or try to rework the text so that you don’t need them.

Write every day

At least something. Don’t tell yourself that you don’t have ideas. There are always ideas:

• What you dreamed about today.
• What interesting things you learned today/ yesterday/this week.
• What would you do if you got a million dollars (you can even fantasize about a billion dollars).
• Why it was a good day.
• How you could have lived this day better.
• What would you like to change about today.
• Why you don’t have inspiration and what you need to do to get it.
• What useful things you have done.
• What you could teach a stranger.
• Why we need an appendix (turns out we really do!)
• Write every day and it will help you develop your skill more and more.

Read books

Where else do you get your inspiration and understanding of what beautiful writing should look like? A simple rule of thumb: if you don’t read, you can’t write. There are so many great books out there, each of which will not only help you dive into a fictional world, but also help you get real benefits. Writing skills, for example.

Reread with a fresh head

Many mistakes don’t surface immediately. Rereading immediately after writing will help you cross out a few mistakes, but it’s best to do it after a while, ideally the next day. That way you can approach checking your writing with a fresh head, and I assure you that you’ll want to fix and redo a lot of things.

Remove Unnecessary Water

In American Psycho, the lengthy descriptions of the main character shaving, putting gel on his body, and wearing a Brioni suit and Prada shoes are an artistic touch. You, on the other hand, had better get rid of the extra water. You shouldn’t write as much as possible. Short sentences and only what you really need. There is too much information on the Internet, and no one will read meaningless paragraphs of text.

Learn to make a plan

Making a plan of what you’re going to do is basically the basis for not getting lost in your own thoughts. If there are problems with making a plan (which is not uncommon), there are many helpful tips for learning how to make a plan at https://studycrumb.com/persuasive-essay-outline.

“Steal”, but within reason

Coming up with something new is very hard. Especially in this field. But, if you know a great article that you’d like to share with your readers or just translate it because it’s cool, do it. And don’t forget the copyrights. 🙂

Use short sentences and paragraphs

No one is going to read canvases of text with long sentences and lots of turns. Try to write briefly and don’t forget to divide your text into paragraphs. A short paragraph is much easier to read than a long one.

Enjoy the process

Some time ago I wanted to be a programmer. But after a while I realized that I only wanted it because I saw a nice office where people sat and wrote code and made a lot of money. I did not want to become a programmer. I guess I just wanted to become rich. So if you want to start writing just because you saw a blogger with a Macbook in a cafe, the venture is doomed to fail. You need to love writing and enjoy the process.