Ask HN: What tip or experience has most improved your writing?

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by clarebear • 14 years ago

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Re: "Please Learn to Write" http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3982354

clarebear• 14 years ago

Thanks to chernevik (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3983651) and MartinCron (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3983117) for their takes on this question.

RollAHardSix• 14 years ago

Public Speaking.

yashchandra• 14 years ago

Start writing as much as you can. Put it on paper. Read it. Get it read from friends. Start reading books, articles whatever. A good way to get better at writing is to write. Do not worry about grammar or mistakes at first. Start a blog may be.

AznHisoka• 14 years ago

Keep it concise, and remove unnecessary words ruthlessly.

LarryMade• 14 years ago

Back in my BBS days, I ran a continuing story board. Something funny where one could knock off a few paragraphs and have fun writing it. Playing in that medium probably helped me more than most. It wasn't just me writing, so sometimes it was a challenge to twist the plot against others to something I wanted. It taught me a lot of phrasing, typing, and general grammar.

Today blogging is good, you just need to get into writing more than posting funny pictures. :-D

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