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Not everyone can simply pick up a pen or smash at their keys and make music
Through trial and error, I found what works, and am about to distill it all for you
If you wanna sound like the pros, you gotta know what THEY sound like
As you wander through their words, your subconscious picks up tonality
Storytelling is a big part of interesting any reader and fiction writers do it beautifully
Make a habit of reading daily, but don’t let it outweigh your writing
As I cleaned out my computer the other day, I came across some of my college essays
I had to take English classes and we wrote multiple long-form pieces
In writing, it’s so important that we remain clear over clever
And I struggle with this one big time! Overusing adverbs is evidence of weak writing
“Angrily” is the adverb and it conveys the emotion of what was said
If we wanted to improve that by eliminating the adverb we could show the emotion by adding:
He was so angry, that he punched a hole straight through the wall!
My absolute favorite, and most effective way to improve my writing
Just sleep on it! Give yourself some time between writing and publishing
Every time we spend an hour or two conjuring words from within, we want to think it’
But just like I previously mentioned, when I stumbled upon my essay from community college, I wanted
You will be shocked by what you initially thought was a “masterpiece
Look at what happens when I vary the structure of my sentences
And after I’ve used a few short to medium-sized sentences in a row, I know that
Because like I tell my Twitter friends, “if you can’t say it smooth, it won’t
Whenever you get the chance, try reading your writing out loud
There are none! Who told you it was necessary to abide by the official writing handbook? And
You can tell them to take it up with me if they have an issue
I talked about how we don’t need Grammarly to tell us what to do
The grammar software is amazing for writing so that we can avoid those pesky typos
But what I don’t think we should do, is take every suggestion it provides as part
” The software doesn’t know our voice and style, so beware of the strict suggestions
My obsession isn’t necessarily horrible, because it adds spice to my writing recipe
What does that even mean? I’ll attempt to do both right now
As I produce the written word, I am attempting to portray my intelligence
It is my belief that if I can present my knowledge and impress you with my elegant,
I encourage a connection to inspire you so that you’re willing to exercise your own creativity
But from the mind, I just want to impress you and please my ego
A good story can travel quite a distance! If you manage to hold the reader’s attention
If you’ve never heard of it, look for the Wall Street Sales letter
It’s taken me several months to learn these techniques, but you just got them in about 5