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Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to http://www.writerslife.org/finish-your-book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hello there is Peter here again from WritersLife.org and coming up today five techniques to improve your writing there are many ways that writers can work to improve themselves and like any skill understanding and experimenting that new techniques and practicing your writing will see you steadily get better there are those that believe that writing is a natural talent and it may be true that some do have a greater ability to imagine exciting and engaging characters and worlds or have a wonderful way with words however if you apply yourself and try new things there's no reason why you can't teach yourself how to be a great writer too so if you feel like you have reached a certain level in terms of your writing ability and want to improve it these five tips will help you improve your writing and tip number one brush up on grammar spelling and punctuation how much do you really know about grammar are you 100% sure when to use a comma a dash a semicolon we were all taught the basics of grammar at school but finding a writer with perfect grammar is very rare spelling mistakes are also common obviously it's easy to find out how to spell any word but careless proofreading can leave a piece of work littered with spelling mistakes or repeated words which won't make a good impression knowing that you have great grammar spelling and punctuation allows you to be a better writer not only because your work will always read correctly but you also have the tools to manipulate send senses to use drummer to create dramatic unusual and interesting prose authors such as John McGregor do this well tip number two read all the time reading not only gives us great ideas for stories and no we're not copy but can also inspire us to try out different writing techniques read everything you can get your hands on and see what excites you try experimenting with different styles in your own work finding your voice as an author can be tough but there's no reason why you can't have several voices novels while the writers text books make sure you are always learning by always having a book by your side and tip number three get rid of flowery prose every time you write read back through your work and ask yourself is this necessary for my story does it advance or add to the story in any way if it doesn't then get rid of it it can be frustrating if you end up cutting out lots of what you've written but that is how you end up with ties clever interesting writing if you don't do this or don't do it strictly you can end up with a work stuffed with unnecessary adjectives and adverbs which doesn't read well remember you need to show the reader what you mean not tell them and tip number five give yourself space after you've written something allow yourself space read your work over once and Eddy anything you want but then wait at least 24 hours before you go back to it again we can be our own worst enemies when it comes to critiquing our own work your mind think what you have written is just the most appalling idiotic P rubbish ever spewed onto the page but you are probably being a bit hard on yourself give yourself some space look on your work with fresh eyes and you might see that actually your aren't nearly as bad as you think you are and our final tip tip number five practice practice practice if you want to improve your writing then you should write every day no matter whether you feel like is or not it's so easy to make excuses not to write and then suddenly realize that months have passed since you made any effort to do so just give yourself half an hour each day to sit down and write something anything it doesn't have to be brilliant just the sheer routine and practice of writing will help you unlock your creativity and you never know you might suddenly come up with the perfect idea for the next bestseller writing like all crafts can be taught learnt and constantly perfected with these tips you can begin to improve your writing and continually produce great work that you're proud of and don't forget if you're struggling to write or finish your book our free writers toolkit can help with it you'll learn how to overcome procrastination get organized stay focused find time to write and finally get your book published to get access now while it's still available simply go to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit
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