So many things involve writing these days and as bloggers I think it is one of the things we have to become better at all the time. If our grammar isn’t good, or our writing comes across skewered, then we might struggle to bring our message across. When I look back at when I started, I kind of feel embarrassed about how I write in those days. But only kind off as I know that with practice we do get better in anything we pursue.

The same applies to writing. The more we write, the better we get and like riding a bicycle, we never forget it. But just like the bicycle starts to rust when left in the shed for too long, so will our writing skills.

I will try to share with you, what I have done to help my writing to get better over the last 6 month. Maybe it will help somebody to pick up a helpful nudge in the right direction and this will make the post worthwhile.

• Probably the biggest force in getting better is to write every day. Whether it is blog posts, articles, letters, email or website content of some kind, it helps to write daily.
• Reading; reading is responsible for giving me a good and intuitive understanding of the English language and how sentences are structured. See, I never had tutoring in English grammar except the few language lessons I took as a teenager and I have read to this day thousands (this isn’t a misprint by the way) of books in English to help me. I was always called a book worm when I was a kid and once I learned English I simply switched to reading English books.
• Conversations help to improve our writing too. By talking with others we learn new words and meanings which we can use to inject into our writing.
• Not being afraid to learn more. I always strive to learn more things. I believe that life is an adventure that needs to be soaked up and experienced to the last minute and by learning new things, I can use the new found knowledge to write about.
• Studying grammar; I know, this is a dry subject and not one I would feel inclined to do ever. But it does seem to help some people to write better.
• Keeping an open mind.
• Some people choose to write a diary about their life experience which also furthers our ability to become better at the craft. Blogging is a great example of this.

Despite all this, my journey as a writer is an ongoing one. I can always become better at what I do and I think one of the most important aspects of being good at anything is to stay humble.

Take care

Monika Mundell

Creator and Author of Blogging Web 2.0

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