Want To Improve Your Writing Skills As A College Student? Here Are 5 Books You Should Buy

You can learn how to write in less than $500

Almar Tagara
Mind Talk
2 min readJan 28, 2023

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You don’t need to spend $10,000 dollars to become a great writer.

There are many published books about how to write. But, you need to choose the right ones to save money and time. Credibility will make it easier for you to find the right books.

So, if you want to become a professional writer, add these books to your reading lists and buy them as soon as possible.

1. On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King

Stephen King is one of the best fiction writers right now.

This book will give you stories about his life. You will face rejection if you want to become a professional writer. According to King, you need to read a lot and write a lot to develop your writing skills.

King reads 100–150 books every single year and he also writes 10 pages every day.

2. Snow Leopard: How Legendary Writers Create A Category Of One by Eddie Yoon, Christopher Lochhead, and Nicolas Cole

Great writers don’t compete with other writers.

They like to focus on domination rather than competition. They create new categories for different readers. For example, Ryan Holiday got famous because of his books about stoicism.

Being different will help us stand out from the crowd.

3. The Art and Business of Online Writing: How to Beat the Game of Capturing and Keeping Attention by Nicolas Cole

Great writers practice in public.

Digital writers write on social media to gather data. Data will help you find out the interests of your target audience. Digital writers write where you can find new readers that are interested in different subjects such as entrepreneurship, leadership, and time management.

Every creator should read this book to learn how to write in social media.

4.100 Ways to Improve Your Writing by Gary Provost

One of the best classic books about writing.

This book is filled with advice on how to develop your own style. Doing research will help us understand our readers. One of my takeaways for reading this book is to use short words instead of long words.

Studying the great writers of the past will enhance our writing skills.

5. Writing Tools: (10th Anniversary Edition): 55 Essential Strategies for Every Writer by Roy Peter Clark

This book will help you understand the fundamentals of writing.

Having the right tools will help us save time. Understanding the parts of speech will help us become a great communicator. Reading great literature will improve your life.

New writers should focus on fundamentals to build a great foundation

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Almar Tagara
Mind Talk

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