“Reading makes a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man,” said Francis Bacon, an English philosopher and statesman who served as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England.

Lots of people underestimate the significance of obtaining excellent writing skills. Read on to learn more about how exactly you facilitate the advance of what is arguably one of the most indispensable skills to have; written communication!

Believe it or not, writing, separate from the voiced word, is one of the planet’s oldest types of communication that still is available today.

Here are a few ways to enhance your writing skills:

Help to make Writing an Everyday Physical exercise:

Practice really does make perfect! If you compare writing to art like cooking, or even playing an activity, you are unable to expect to improve if you seldom practice – it may be like looking to become a pro sports player after one practice with your team.

Try to set yourself daily writing exercises: they require not to be long-winded and labor-intensive, even just carrying out yourself to writing a paragraph each day is enough! A person can even companion up with someone else who also wants to enhance their writing skills and read each other’s paragraphs to see where changes need to be made.

Read, Read, and Read Some A lot more!

We learn best by example, and gaining writing skills is no exclusion from this principle. When we read, we learn how other people write to convey their messages in the best way possible, and begin to conform our writing styles to those who we resonate most with.

Incorporate daily reading into your writing exercises; maybe even make your practice paragraph a review or synopsis of what you read that day, taking different components of the author’s writing style to develop your own tone.

Be Succinct:

Try out not to use any complicated, long words in your writing. They often confuse the viewer and make them disinterested in what you have to say. Keep your sentences short. Never ever over-use filler words like “very”, “really”, “just”, etc.

These people tend to make sentences long and unnecessarily use up your reader’s cognitive area.

Sit Down and Write!

Sometimes the most difficult step in the writing process is the act of truly sitting down and getting the writing done. At this time point, you should have an obvious plan of what you need to say, and an overall idea of how you want to say it.

It might appear daunting, somebody that the hard work is now done! Now you can convince yourself you are capable (which you are), stay down before your n0tebook or computer, and execute your communication!

Felicity Stone Toronto is a South African-born teacher, journalist, and writer. She writes predominantly about medical and human-interest issues. Felicity Stone Toronto has recently completed a non-fiction book – Maggie Mom Me: A South African Memoir – about growing up under apartheid.