Comments on: What Helps YOU Be a Better Writer?

By: starbravado's spur of jargon.

starbravado's spur of jargon. — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:56:45 +0000

[...] few weeks ago I asked a question on Write to Done: What Helps YOU Become a Better Writer? The suggestions the readers offered were so rich and varied that I decided to gather them all [...]

By: Stella

Stella — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:12:16 +0000

I like your ideas. Writing an article to practe the techniques and tricks you just learned.
Thank you for sharing with me.
Stella

By: Sheila Crosby

Sheila Crosby — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 10:52:04 +0000

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.

By: mah name is arcelia diaz

mah name is arcelia diaz — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:16:59 +0000

be your worst critic dont use “million dollar words”
exemple: ether would be better left as sky

By: Kabamba

Kabamba — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:02:27 +0000

In my personal life, engage 100% with the things i write about.

By: Mike Low

Mike Low — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:39:24 +0000

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.

By: Angela Booth

Angela Booth — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 01:35:31 +0000

Various things:

* Enthusiasm (you can’t write well if your writing bores you)

* Mind mapping (on and off my computers)

* Reading (I usually read three to five books a week)

* Refining my writing processes so that I’m always having fun (this often includes buying tools just for fun, like a Livescribe pen and Wacom tablet)

* Listening to my intuition

* Blogging

Great question. :-)

By: Marion

Marion — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 00:47:12 +0000

Tying myself to the chair.

By: Karen

Karen — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 05:24:49 +0000

Accountability–A person or deadline holding my feet to the fire. When our critique group holds two-week challenges where we set our own personal daily word count goals, I find I am most consistent in cranking out the words. And they’re usually not half bad.

By: 73 Ways to Become a Better Writer | bloggersexpose.com

73 Ways to Become a Better Writer | bloggersexpose.com — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 08:30:01 +0000

[...] few weeks ago I asked a question on Write to Done: What Helps YOU Become a Better Writer? The suggestions the readers offered were so rich and varied that I decided to gather them all [...]