How do you improve your writing skills?

Exactly.Reading is certainly the most effective way of honing your writing skills in any language.My mother tongue is Hindi and I have written many articles in Hindi.English is my second language.Earlier I was unable to write anything in English.One day in the students' common room in my college I chanced to read a renowned English magazine.That day on I devoted myself to reading English magazines and books.Later on I read books by Kenneth Anderson.The books were on wild life and they helped me develop my writing skills.Reading is the best way to develop writing skills.

Thanks for sharing your experiences and advices.

When I was first thinking about being a writer, the thing that I tried to do was just write literally all of the time whenever I could do it. You should write a diary and blog, and make sure that you discuss issues on online forums, as it will help for you to sort out your writing style so that you can get some practice. Don't always expect your writing to be popular from the beginning, because you need to be able to refine your technique before you would be able to do this. Practice makes perfect, and only time will tell whether you would be able to be a great writer or not.

I think, you can polish your writing skill by write, write and write. Do a lot of reading to improve your vocabulary, get inspired and all those. I watch movies, read books, read articles online to get inspired and to know what I will write in my columns. :) There are a lot ways to learn from our surrounding.. :)

You are quite right, it is all essentially about knowing your audience. You need to adopt a style and tone applicable to the situation, whether a news article, a blog or a creative piece. At the same time you do need to find your own style which can still shine through regardless of the medium. What you have to remember is there are some situations when you need to rain your style in more - such as articles - and opportunities when you can let yourself go such as in creative writing.

We must use vocabularies in the right place and also we should make sure that we understand their meaning also we need to consider the connotations of the words and know the significance of good word choice. Writing must be well organised, readers may not understand a poorly organised writing. Suppose when we are writing a paragraph to paragraph, we need to keep in mind the cohesion. And the important thing is we have to organise the paragraph in a logical order.

I write. I write in a journal, on here, articles, on my books, short stories. And I read. The authors that I really like in the genres I want to write in. I talk to other writers and respond to discussions like this. And we must remember the basics like write what we know.

I guess it will always start with writing about something you love most. I love reading books and I used to write about my own fairy tales. Sure, it may not sound as original or compelling as the ones made by the Hans Christian Andersen but it's a start, right? It also helps to practice speaking in the language you prefer writing on. A dictionary, if not the internet should be accessible to search for words that would sound appropriate in the theme you are writing about. Lastly, researching about the topic certainly helps in making the article more informative.

I think repeated practice can increase the skill of a person. And so I believe that same thing will be observed in writing too. There is nothing to be impossible for man if he worked hard.

yes, there are many styles of writing it changes according where/why/for whom we are writing and other things like medium, urgency etc. we can earn by articles as well I am not into it but I want to give it a try because i want to know , Am I losing a good earning way? if we want to give a output we should have input and if we want to write then we should read first and that is why I am also reading my communication skill book and web articles about how to be good writer etc. I am giving importance to my vocabulary as well because it is very important to have good information and substitute for words because we do not want to be repetitive in words and and sentences that is why we should focus on vocabulary as well. I am reading and increasing my vocabulary these are two things which I am doing now to improve my writing skill, can you suggest me anything? I am very poor in writing and I have faults like repetitive sentences and words, not being concise or precise etc.

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