It’s obvious that to be a writer, you must write. How you become a great writer, though, depends on how you practice your writing.
There are styles of writing to practice, words to learn, analogies to make that you’ll never learn simply freewriting or putting to ink whatever comes to your mind in a blog post. (Sure, those help, but in conjunction with what I’m about to suggest.)
The trick to becoming a great writer is to practice writing the same way one would practice an instrument.
Learn the chords, the tabs, the keys…or letters, words and word pairings.
Then begin practicing a song…or practice writing your favorite novel.
By writing the way other famous writers wrote, you can better pick up their style, how the words hit the paper, how they flow. The same way you understand music by playing your favorite songs.
It seems, crazy, but why?
No one became an expert musician simply by listening to music. Do you believe you can become an expert writer simply by reading?
Stay Positive & Great Practice Makes Greatness
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