How To Improve On Your Writing
I remember when I wrote my first story, it was soul stirring. I don’t mean the dramatic one, it was like cool breeze. I know you understand what I mean. Or don’t you?
I could have stopped there just basking in my written work. But no! It was a gift that needed molding.
Writing is one important aspect of life that will never go extinct. It fosters your ability to explain and refine your ideas to others and yourself. Writing preserves your ideas and memories.
Good writing uses just the right words to say just the right things. Fluent sentences are easy to understand and fun to read with expression. Expressions that are correct and communicative make for smooth reading. To achieve good writing, you need to polish your skills. The result is like gold in its refined state.
Now, we’ll look at ways you can polish your writing skills
a. Make sure your facts are accurate:
Once the opposite is the case, you’ll lose credibility as a writer.
b. Use online tools.
c. Read a lot: This increases your knowledge bank. And with your versatility, you can write on anything that would add value to your audience
d. Make it a habit to write daily
e. Use unique vocabulary
f. Be creative
g. Try Free writing. This is as important as it is enjoyable. For more details on how to free write, see https://upnext9ja.com/blog/2021/03/15/you-dont-know-what-to-write-about-then-try-this/
h. Be Concise.
While writing, make sure you watch out for unnecessary jargons
i. Always edit and proofread.
In order to proofread, you also need to look for online tools. Below are top proofreading and editing sites for writers.
- Grammarly
Grammarly is a writing assistant which helps you improve your writing by checking your spellings, grammatical mistakes, etc. It also suggests alternatives to enhance your diction.
- Google docs
The Google docs is excellent for word processing. Docs is good for more than regular writing and editing. It can turn your spoken words into texts. This is what is called transcription and it is another very lucrative online job.
- Ginger writing assistant
Ginger assistant is another useful writing assistant that checks your words, comprehension errors, sentence structuring, writing style, etc. Unlike Grammarly which supports only the English language, Ginger supports more than 40 languages.
- Copy scape
This web helps you check for plagiarism. Here, you can identify sites that either copied or quoted your content.
- Paper Rater
Paper Rater is the whole package; plagiarism, grammar, spelling and style checker.
- Language Tool
Improvement of writings in other languages is also as essential as the English language. Therefore, I bring before you an online writing tool that helps you edit writings in Spanish, French and 20 other languages. It encourages versatility.
- Slick write
Slick write is a good software for writing either in books or in blogs.
Other editing sites are Spell check plus and Reverso, which is mainly used to check languages like French, Spanish, etc.
Effective writing helps in promoting yourself and becoming a professional. You have to nurture a growth mindset. Follow other authors and writing gurus, observe how they write and read their books. Then write! Take each step cautiously like a lion ready to pounce on its prey.
With all these said and done, go ahead and feed your hungry readers with a powerful headline, an enchanting opening, a valuable main body and an emotion-charged closing.
They are waiting…
Please do
I will try them out!