Russell VanBrocklen - Writing Tips - How To Improve Your Writing Quickly

 Need help with writing? Knowing how to write well is certainly a useful skill to possess. Many people tend to think that mastering English writing is a difficult task. Hence, they give up after trying hard for a little while. Don't lose hope! Here are some great writing tips that will help you improve your writing tremendously in a relatively short time.

 

Tip 1: Don't ramble. This is a very common mistake made by people who have poor writing skills. When they ramble, they are not paying attention to any of the grammar. As a result, their sentences become very long. Such sentences are commonly known as "run-on" sentences. Avoid writing such sentences. The longer the sentences, the more prone they are to mistakes. Long sentences tend to contain more grammar and punctuation errors. If you know you have poor grammar, use short and concise sentences.

Tip 2: Give yourself more time. Writing can become second nature - that is, until you become good at it! Before you do, you have to put in extra effort to ensure that you don't commit grammatical and sentence structural errors. Therefore, always give yourself more time for your writing. Ponder over each sentence to make sure that they are clean and free or errors before moving on. It's better to write a short passage that is easy to read and error free than to write a long article that is filled with grammar errors.

 

Tip 3: Expand your vocabulary. Writing is a communication tool that you use to express your ideas. If you have a limited vocabulary, you find that you get stuck easily as you can't find the right word to express yourself clearly. Other people will find it hard to read your writing because some words tend to repeat. The solution to this problem is to expand your vocabulary. You can do this by reading the local newspapers daily, borrowing books from the library or watching English programs. Vocabulary need not be acquired in a structured manner. In other words, the classroom is not the only place where you can pick up new words. You can pick up new words almost anywhere. Some people even sign up for English newsletters that email them new words every single day. That is how they improve their vocabulary - by learning one new word at a time.

 

Tip 4: Don't write when you are tired. Finally, try to avoid writing if you are feeling tired. Stress, frustration, tiredness - all these can lead to the dreaded writer's block. When you encounter a writer's block, you can sit for hours without a single idea popping into your head. So if you find yourself staring at a blank piece of paper with nothing to write, don't just sit there! Take a walk, a warm shower, or simply lay down to get some rest. When your mind is relaxed, then go back to your writing. You will find that you will enjoy your writing a lot more and make a lot less mistakes!