How did you learn to write well?

[alex_]

Reading, reading, and reading a lot.

[bethdearie]

I am constantly learning. The things I wrote when I was fifteen, at the time, seemed so grown up. But now they just seem juvenile. Poorly written, nondescript. I am certain to feel this way about my current writings ten years from now.

[tracy1]

I would say I learned to write well by taking online classes, correspondence courses, and now taking creative writing classes at the college. Another thing that helps me to write well I believe is because I really love to read.

[Johntherobert]

Coffee, experience, determination.

[PreityB]

Hello Terri2!

I enjoyed reading from a very small age. But to be precise I developed a passion for writing when I was appreciated for writing essays by my English Teacher. My passion reached its peak when I was told to write a play for the annual school function. It was then, that I decided to constantly make improvements. Whenever I write a poem or a story I give it to my English Teacher so that she can analyse it and tell me how to improve on my flaws. I make sure when I write the next paper I do not make the same mistakes and that is how I am learning to write well.

-- 03 Aug 2014, 02:17 --

Hello Terri2!

I enjoyed reading from a very small age. But to be precise I developed a passion for writing when I was appreciated for writing essays by my English Teacher. My passion reached its peak when I was told to write a play for the annual school function. It was then, that I decided to constantly make improvements. Whenever I write a poem or a story I give it to my English Teacher so that she can analyse it and tell me how to improve on my flaws. I make sure when I write the next paper I do not make the same mistakes and that is how I am learning to write well.

-- 03 Aug 2014, 02:17 --

Hello Terri2!

I enjoyed reading from a very small age. But to be precise I developed a passion for writing when I was appreciated for writing essays by my English Teacher. My passion reached its peak when I was told to write a play for the annual school function. It was then, that I decided to constantly make improvements. Whenever I write a poem or a story I give it to my English Teacher so that she can analyse it and tell me how to improve on my flaws. I make sure when I write the next paper I do not make the same mistakes and that is how I am learning to write well.

[Booklover97]

I am still learning. But reading is important. The more you read the more you understand that every writer has a different way of writing. No too books are the same. The same story line could be used by two authors and yet their books will be very different.

Secondly,expanding your vocabulary helps. Observe everything that is said on televisions or in a speech.

Thirdly, This is what I do most of the time: Whenever I see something, I imagine how I would write it.

Happy writing!

[AmandaLMcCormick]

Practice.... practice, practice, practice.
And reading. Always.

[Chizzyon]

Learning how to write well starts with passion, then constant practice, and all. you need to have passion for what you're into

[ALynnPowers]

I'm still working on it!

[bedheadisme]

Of course I always believe that I can learn something new in terms of my writing and reading. I learned to write through a lot reading. I also got to be a pretty decent writer by way of practice. I wrote a lot growing up. If it wasn't journal entries it was poetry or short stories. I also got a lot of encouragement from my family and teachers. They would tell me what they liked and what they didn't like and I would improve upon it.

Writing isn't easy. If it were everyone would do it. Creating a work that you can be proud of is a harrowing experience. I have found that I am my own worst critic. I struggle with myself writing the perfect introduction or readable dialogue and it takes practice to get better at it.

[milliethom]

To write well, writers needs to be a avid readers themselves. Reading is how the basic skills of the craft get into our heads in the first place. Then we must put what we have learnt into practice, and keep on doing so. Only by continued writing (and reading) can we improve. I don't believe the learning process ever stops. I've heard many successful writers saying they are still learning after years of writing excellent books.

[hareid03]

I like to think that people are always learning and trying to better themselves. I learned to write as a hobby by experimenting with writing styles and finding a way that I liked to write in the best and where my best work came out. Once I because confident with that I started to branch out and writing in ways that were different from my usual one because I wanted to get better at that style as well. I want to constantly challenge myself so that eventually I'll be good at every writing style I try and will eventually be confident enough to try to get my books published.

[robertleon0]

I have always wanted to write down part of my story. Maybe once I understand the etiquette that's in writing.

[ALynnPowers]

To write well, writers needs to be a avid readers themselves. Reading is how the basic skills of the craft get into our heads in the first place. Then we must put what we have learnt into practice, and keep on doing so. Only by continued writing (and reading) can we improve. I don't believe the learning process ever stops. I've heard many successful writers saying they are still learning after years of writing excellent books.

Well said! Nice advice from our featured author!

[lorenicole]

I practice writing all the time, along with reading thousands of books. I also found Stephen King's book On Writing while I was in middle school and took what he said about his writing process and killing adjectives to heart. I read that book at least once a year as a refresher. Right now to better myself I am going after a degree in Creative Writing.