From the past few months, I have been actively working on improving my writing skills. From your personal learnings, what are the best ideas, practices and tips for improving writing?
@pratham This helps. I follow a few writers on social media, and I keep a note of their tips as and when they share it. Do you follow any writers?
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1. Read "Write Simply" by Paul Graham!
2. Check out the amazon internal template email leaked
3. Write often
4. Use AI editing tools like copy ai or conversion ai
*that's what made a big difference for me :)
Non-native English speaker here. I have been writing in English for the past two decades so I’m not too bad at it now.
Anyway, here is a tip for non-native English speakers like myself. For me personally, the most important thing in writing effectively is the structure. And to get over the fear of wrong grammar and spelling.
To write more, you need to read more. Having more vocab is good but it’s not the solution to being able to write better. So don’t stress too much about not knowing many vocabularies. Many great articles and books are written in very simple English.
Feel free to check out my writing on Medium or Twitter. My username is @eisabai.
These days, I aim to write, or rather, produce, some form of written output every single day. It could be a tweet, LinkedIn post, Quora answer, or comment on Product Hunt, like this one.
And once a fortnight, I write a full article for my blog and medium.
@eisabai This answer is so nice; your tips are very helpful. And thank you very much for stressing on the point that structure is more important than having a profound knowledge of vocabulary. Good structure and simple words can do a lot better than a concoction of complex words.
I'm late to the party here, but still thought I'd chime in with a few thoughts:
I'm a professional writer by trade. I started out as a freelance journalist in my early 20s before being hired as a content marketing manager for a major music and film magazine.
From there, I transitioned into content marketing, creating sponsored content for a variety of companies—including 20th Century Fox and other film studios—before landing a gig as a content marketing specialist in the tech industry. I now write and provide consultations for tech startups looking to scale their content marketing efforts.
Despite my current pedigree, I didn't write much in my youth and had no predilection towards it—I actually studied fine art in high school! But in my late teens, I started using MSN to chat with friends after school while doing homework, and I discovered something—I was actually able to communicate more clearly with people over chat instead of in-person, and began to develop a conversational tone of voice.
From there, I went to university to study creative writing and English literature, but I didn't become a full-fledged writer until I started freelancing for my school paper. An interesting thing happened at that point: all of a sudden, I started getting better marks on all my assignments.
Despite studying English at an academic level for three years, I was, for the most part, a pretty mediocre writer. Basically, I barely wrote—even for fun. Everything changed once I began writing every week.
Although I rarely had any interaction with my editors at the school paper (unlike what you see in TV shows, we weren't sitting at a desk going over my writing, line-by-line), the simple act of writing frequently and setting a deadline allowed me to level up my writing skills, and fast. And it spilled over into other areas of my life.
I've seen it written in the comments here, and it's completely true: to get better at writing, you need to write a lot. And while there are tricks and tips you can follow to make yourself a better writer, especially when it comes to SEO, content marketing, and product marketing, the best thing you can do for yourself is to set a deadline (even if it's artificial) and stick to it.
Write every day. Write every week. Write once a month. Whatever your time allows, really.
But not only write, but also read. Read articles in magazines. Read your favourite authors. And when doing so, underline the parts that stand out or stir something inside of you. Really think about why they're effective, and then try to inject a similar flavor into your own writing.
Watch the Netflix series 'Maid' (seriously, it has some great wisdom on the writing process in it).
Create a swipe file of your favourite words or phrases (you can easily find out how to do so online) and use them as inspiration when writing.
Steal from the greats. Stephen King has a great book on writing called, you guessed it, 'On Writing.' But don't get too bogged down by guides—if you do, you'll just end up writing with the same techniques as everyone else.
Write in a journal. Create an account in Medium and try your hand at self-publishing. Or reach out to other publications for guest posting opportunities or freelance work.
Write for yourself. Think for yourself. And whatever you do, just keep writing and never stop.
At first, it may be terrible. But at a certain point, it'll get better.
One day, it could be great.
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