What Helps YOU Be a Better Writer?
By Mary Jaksch
As writers, we’re always trying to improve. Well, at least I am. Maybe you’re already perfect…
I’d like us all to collect a list of everything that helps us to become a better writer.
Please write in the comments what helps you, or what has helped you in the past!
Mary Jaksch is Chief Editor of Write to Done. You can read more articles by Mary on Goodlife ZEN. Get her free Ebook “Overcome Anything” here or grab a feed.
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1. Setting my own writing challenges. Such as writing 1 article on a specific topic per day for 30 days.
2. Reading other people’s writing and taking note of what I like and what I don’t like.
3. Recognizing writing techniques or tricks other writers use and then deliberately writing an article to practice those techniques.
To name a few.
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Stella Reply:
July 28th, 2010 at 6:12 pm
I like your ideas. Writing an article to practe the techniques and tricks you just learned.
Thank you for sharing with me.
Stella
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In my personal life, engage 100% with the things i write about.
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be your worst critic dont use “million dollar words”
exemple: ether would be better left as sky
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1) Write every day, even if it’s just 100 words of crap. At worst, you’re exercising the muscles. At best, once you start, enthusiasm and inspiration will come.
2) Read a lot. If it’s good, enjoy it, and then re-read and try to work out whether there’s anything you can copy for your own writing. If it’s bad, try to work out why it’s bad.
3) Relax and enjoy, at least for the first draft. Sometimes the “just playing around” stuff turns out better than the stories you sweat blood over. If not, you might be able to fix it later.
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