Good resources for becoming a better writer in general?

I always hated English in high school along with undesired mountain of assigned essays, so my writing skills never really improved and I hold close to no confidence in them what so ever. Putting the "art of the sale" style books aside, are there any tips or resources one can recommend for an aspiring writer, specifically articles?

Grammarly and Ginger, don’t use them as a crutch.

+1 for grammarly

Well, if you never really liked it are you sure you want to do it now? If your heart isn't into it, it would highly affect your writing speed and quality. Is there another quality you have that you can utilize?

Aside from the above, there are excellent grammar tools available that exist (i like Grammarly) Also, keep the IBC structure in place. Intro - Base - Conclusion. Keep intro short and strong. The base informational and only write it if it's really important for the reader. A conclusion should be short, catchy and lead to a CTA. Readers are likely to skip to the conclusion anyway.

Lastly, the search option on this forum will lead you to some excellent articles of members that wrote short & long posts to advise you on this topic. https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/w...te-content-the-definitive-guide-2018.1032978/ for example.

Grammarly + hemingway.
Also, just keep practicing.
Tell your self that you get a writing job for 1000 words (or whatever), put a niche that you like or your hobby and just try to create an attractive content around it.
Ex: i like to ride a motorcycle, why dont i write "how to ride a motorcycle for beginner" by writing article based on ypur hobby it will help you to overcome your laziness. Hope this help!

From the way you write i can tell your writing skills are adequate, maybe a little polishing here and there.

The only caveat is if you want to ventire into creative writing. Creative writing lets you break away from traditional or “normal” pieces. You get to use your own imagination to write a story, a poem, a reflection, and more.

There are many genres to choose from, though. They include, blog writing, technical writing, research writing, academic writing, and crwative writing.

You should read a lot about the topics that you want to be a writer. Your vocabulary will get richer and you will know when to use exact words. My brain does this every day.

Other than that I'd suggest writing every day a 1k word article. You'll get the skills in play, and after a month you'll see how the articles will be different from each other.

Easiest way I learned was by reading some of my favorite books and literally taking notes... "I liked the way this writer wrote this scene..." , "I like the way this author made this character come to life..."

You could probably do the same with articles and look at ones that you're interested in, and taking notes and brainstorming ideas from them.

Aragorn507 said:

Easiest way I learned was by reading some of my favorite books and literally taking notes... "I liked the way this writer wrote this scene..." , "I like the way this author made this character come to life..."

You could probably do the same with articles and look at ones that you're interested in, and taking notes and brainstorming ideas from them.

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Agreed above^

Finding the type of writing style you are enjoy and even see potentially writing in the future. A style that you have passion for. If it is creative writing for email copywriting for example then go subscribe to newsletters of big branded companies. Learn their way of writing. Naturally the more you read a certain style the better it is for you to learn it naturally.

Don't go into learn legal writing if you don't want to be a lawyer... Just an example but I believe you can catch my drift.