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What are good ways to improve as a writer other than writing courses?

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As a novice writer to improve my writing I have taken one online course. I want to ask, what are good ways to improve as a writer other than writing courses?

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Other answers have already covered rather well the benefits you can get from both writing and reading so I won't rehash those but rather to add another - get feedback.

Join a local writers group or an online one where you can get regular feedback from others on your work. If you keep writing the same way over and over without this all you'll do is keep making the same mistakes over and over.

Ideally you want these people not to come from your family or existing social circles because they will be less likely to be honest about what they didn't like, and if you want to improve you need to know both what people liked about the writing and what they didn't.

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ab2‭ wrote over 4 years ago

I would add: don't be defensive when you get a critique that stings, or that you don't like. Not all critism will be good, but keep an open mind, even if you feel misunderstood.

motosubatsu‭ wrote over 4 years ago

@ab2 that's very true - of course it's easier said than done!