What helped you become a better writer?

Lawrence_wise

Lawrence_wise

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Hey everyone,
I've been trying to improve my writing recently, especially when it comes to creating articles that people actually enjoy reading.
One thing I've realized is that writing consistently is harder than I expected, and sometimes I struggle to keep my content interesting.
I'm curious how other people improved their writing over time.
Was it just a matter of practice, or was there something specific that helped you write better articles?
I'd really like to hear your experiences.
Thanks!
 
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Honestly the thing that helped me most was just writing more, but not in the way people usually mean. I started reading my stuff out loud after writing it. You catch all the boring parts fast that way, the sentences where you kinda zone out reading your own work.

The other thing was cutting my intros way down. I used to write these long warmup paragraphs before getting to the point and nobody reads those. Now i try to hook in the first two lines or i rewrite it.

Consistency wise... i stopped trying to write "good" every day. Some days i just write garbage and fix it later. Waiting for the perfect mood killed more articles for me than bad writing ever did. @Lawrence_wise the interesting part usually comes in the editing pass anyway, not the first draft, so dont stress that too much upfront.
 
it is something that require practice, the more you write the more you get better, if you have someone to guide that would be awesome otherwise you will have to learn form your mistakes
research is very important because people don't wanna read representative stories, public always enjoy new information
 
reading is what actually helped me to become a better writer. when you read a lot of books, you will understand what it means to become a sound and professional writer in no time. then, always practice.
 
for me it clicked when i stopped trying to write like a novelist and started writing for skimmers. most people online dont actually read, they scan. i started breaking my text into 1 or 2 sentence paragraphs and using transition words... stuff like "here is the deal" or "but it gets better" to drag them down the page. also just look at top ranking sites in your niche and see how they structure their posts. it is usually super simple language, like a 5th grader could read it. keeping it simple makes it way easier to write consistently too because you arent overthinking the vocabulary.
 
Nexora550 said:
Honestly the thing that helped me most was just writing more, but not in the way people usually mean. I started reading my stuff out loud after writing it. You catch all the boring parts fast that way, the sentences where you kinda zone out reading your own work.

The other thing was cutting my intros way down. I used to write these long warmup paragraphs before getting to the point and nobody reads those. Now i try to hook in the first two lines or i rewrite it.

Consistency wise... i stopped trying to write "good" every day. Some days i just write garbage and fix it later. Waiting for the perfect mood killed more articles for me than bad writing ever did. @Lawrence_wise the interesting part usually comes in the editing pass anyway, not the first draft, so dont stress that too much upfront.
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Wow that was a very good experience you have about this.
 
missjennifer said:
reading is what actually helped me to become a better writer. when you read a lot of books, you will understand what it means to become a sound and professional writer in no time. then, always practice.
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It was actually a great experience you have.
 
Lawrence_wise said:
Hey everyone,
I've been trying to improve my writing recently, especially when it comes to creating articles that people actually enjoy reading.
One thing I've realized is that writing consistently is harder than I expected, and sometimes I struggle to keep my content interesting.
I'm curious how other people improved their writing over time.
Was it just a matter of practice, or was there something specific that helped you write better articles?
I'd really like to hear your experiences.
Thanks!
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By doing what you know how to do best
 
Reading books.

Find the writing style you like and read tons of books in that niche or style.

You absorb the writing style and it'll become easier to write in that style.
 
Trying to cram my delusional thoughts into the twitter character space.

Made me shorten and write somewhat coherently.
 
CyHead said:
Reading books.

Find the writing style you like and read tons of books in that niche or style.

You absorb the writing style and it'll become easier to write in that style.
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Completely agree. Reading consistently helps you develop a natural feel for structure, tone, and vocabulary. I also find that analyzing why a piece of writing works not just reading it makes it much easier to adapt that style while still keeping your own voice.
 
one thing nobody mentioned yet... keep a swipe file. anytime i read a sentence or hook that makes me stop scrolling i just paste it into a doc. not to copy it but when im stuck i look through it and it kinda jumpstarts my brain.

also the reading out loud thing earlier is underrated. i do it on my phone walking around, sounds dumb but you hear every clunky line.

and yeah the perfectionism trap is real. i used to sit on drafts for days. now i just ship the ugly version and clean it after, the editing pass is where it actually becomes good anyway.
 
@RankingsDaily has the right idea with writing for skimmers. tbh what helped me most was stop trying to write "articles" and start writing copy. once you learn basic frameworks like PAS (problem, agitate, solution) the structure basically writes itself.

i also started using speech to text on my phone while pacing around. sounds weird but it forces you to use natural conversational language and you can knock out a 1000 word draft in like ten minutes. then you just spend a few minutes cleaning up the mess. helps a lot with the consistency part because you arent staring at a blank screen.
 
Lots of good points here, especially about writing for skimmers. For me, what clicked was realizing that writing for the web is mostly just assembling blocks. I used to stare at a blank screen trying to be creative, but now I use structural templates. Like, every informational post or review I do has the exact same skeleton layout before I even start typing. It takes the thinking out of it... I also started writing my subheadings first. If the outline makes sense and flows, filling in the actual paragraphs takes half the time and you don't ramble as much. Saved me a ton of time when I had to scale up my content production last year.
 
something that helped me scale my content without burning out was writing the conclusion first. sounds weird but if you know exactly where the article is ending and what action you want them to take, filling in the middle is ten times easier. also just write like you are texting a friend who asked you a question. instantly kills that stiff, academic tone most people fall into when they open a blank google doc.
 
I think you become a good writer by simply talking about a topic you wanna talk about. Becoming a better writer also does require planning starting to write before you actually had a thought of how to grab the customer/ convert them well and grab their attention and keep them hooked is pretty much bound to fail: So i'd say it's rather the planning that is necessary rather than worrying about writing because ai and grammarly do exist till this day
 
It does help a lot, but I believe the best contribution to my progress was the study of successful writers. It taught me to pay more attention to the structure, hooks, and usefulness of each paragraph instead of increasing the volume of the work. Feedback from others was also helpful.
If you want, I can change the style to one that is typical of a veteran forum member or a new forum member.
 
For me reading good writers and writing regularly helped the most. I also started keeping things simple and cutting unnecessary stuff. just writing, editing and repeating made a big difference.
 
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