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If you’re like most people, you probably don’t call yourself a writer.
Sure, maybe you read blogs or articles online, or books and magazines, but the idea of sitting down and putting your own thoughts in written form is daunting. Don’t be fooled, though–you write every day, even if you don’t realize it.
People today communicate through writing, whether we’re emailing, posting on social media, or texting. You may not sit down at a desk with a blank sheet of paper and start putting words on the page, but that doesn’t mean you’re not writing.
You’re constantly communicating with others through written words, but are you communicating WELL?
Are you tired of struggling to get your meaning across in your writing?
Does everything seem so clear in your mind but become a jumbled mess in your post, or your email, or on the page?
Don’t worry! Over the next few weeks of posts, we’re going to look at a few simple things you can do to immediately improve your writing skills.
And they are skills!
People think only “born writers” or “natural talents” write well, but it’s just not true. Writing, especially writing well, is a learned skill, and with practice, anyone can become good at writing.
But why should you bother practicing writing skills?
It’s an important skill for anyone who writes, whether a businessperson, student, blogger, or book author.
We all need to know how to write well.
Even if we aren’t professional suthors, we have to do some kind of written communication in our lives.
Maybe you’re writing a report for work, an essay for school, or a Facebook post. If you want to be successful at any sort of writing, you need to be communicating effectively with your readers.
(If you are a professional author—or would like to be—here’s a link to my blog post on “The 5 Parts of a Story.”)
Over the next four weeks, I’m publishing posts that go over the most important elements of good writing.
So whether you’re a beginner or an experienced writer, I hope you’ll find these posts helpful.
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Here’s a final thought from that celebrated writer, Dr. Seuss.
Keep your writing clear, concise, and interesting for your reader by using specific nouns, strong verbs, precise adjectives, and varied sentence structure.
So, to improve your writing skills, focus on these key elements of communication. When you have them down, you’ll be becoming an excellent writer.
I help authors, researchers, business people, students, and web marketers to polish their writing before they send it out into the world.
Fourth and last (for now!) in our series of book reviews featuring Kindle Unlimited books that explain ways to outline a novel. Let’s get ready for NaNoWriMo!
Third in our series of book reviews featuring Kindle Unlimited books that explain ways to outline a novel. Let’s get ready for NaNoWriMo!
Second in our series of book reviews featuring Kindle Unlimited books that explain ways to outline a novel. Let’s get ready for NaNoWriMo!
