Better English Writing - Geddes Grosset Webster’s Word Power 2014

Keep writing
Keep reading and writing

Practice makes perfect - so write whenever you have the opportunity. Here are some suggestions to get you writing regularly:

Diary

Keep a diary. Record your thoughts, feelings and the events of the day every day, or as often as you can. You never know, it could become an important archive one day! Think of Anne Frank, Samuel Pepys, the Journals of Captain Cook and Charles Darwin’s Beagle diary.

Blog

You could start up a blog and air your thoughts about issues or ideas you are interested in. Or you could start a blog about a hobby or interest that you are enthusiastic about and want to share with others.

Letters and cards

Write letters to friends and family telling them your news. Or send a card to say thank you for a present or for an invitation to dinner. People love to receive letter s and cards in the post - it’s more personal than an email.

Essays and compositions

If you are a student, the more essays and compositions you write, the more your writing skills will develop and the better your writing will be.

Newspapers

Try writing articles and features for your local newspaper and send them to the editor. You never know - you might get them published. Write about something that you feel strongly about, or that you know a lot about.

Magazines and ezines

You could also try writing articles on your particular interest or hobby and sending them to magazine and ezine editors. The number of ezines in particular is growing every week, so you could find one that you could contribute to on a regular basis. Or you could set up your own!

Good luck and keep writing!

Now that you have finished this book, you will have (hopefully!) learned plenty of tips and techniques to improve your written English and make it more readable and interesting. You will be able to write clearly and effectively, and to come across in a memorable and professional way.

Good luck and keep writing!