Five Steps to Develop Your Writing Skills and Become a Better Writer

As an aspiring writer, the journey to improving your craft is continuous and requires dedication.

Scarlett Aurora
Word Garden

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Here are five steps I’m taking to enhance my writing skills and become a better writer:

1. Reading Widely and Analytically

One of the ways of honing writing skills is forming a deep link with all sorts of genres and styles. In other words, after the reading exercises, I have opportunities to learn various storytelling techniques, character-building methods, and the styles of different authors. The path to literacy is the ability to read in a new way, and it’s good to be able to do this. This is the practice of reading carefully how writers arrange their tales, bring their characters to life, and express themselves in language. I frequently jot down my thoughts as I read, marking out parts that intrigue me and carefully explaining why they impress me. This method is a means of trying out different writing techniques and can be applied to my work.

2. Writing Regularly

The regularity of practicing the skill is the best way to improve it, and no matter what…

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Scarlett Aurora
Word Garden

Scarlett Aurora, 29 years old , passionate about writing, reading, and sports, finds joy in crafting stories and readings other art .I am delighted to be here❤️