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Tips How to Write Better

Author: Robert Cowell

You Always Have to Write

Find the spare time between activities that you can use to knock out a few words, a couple paragraphs- whatever you can do. You do not have to write anything inspirational or amazing, you can sit in and write about anything: from the fact that you do not know what to write about, the fact that you have been making yourself the same breakfast every morning for the past ten years or that spider corpse that has been stuck on the wall for a week.

If you honestly do not believe you have time to write, take the assignment writing help, or wake up a little early or stay up a little late. If you are bitter about it, then write about how bitter you are. Bring a notepad with you wherever you go and write on your lunch break.

Incorporating writing into your daily routine, or even just developing the habit of writing at every opportune moment will create a positive feedback loop and it will become more natural. You will start observing more in your day to day life, which will fuel your muse and give you more to write about, which will then fuel your muse and give you more to write about, which will make you want to write more.

You Have to Read a Lot

If you spend too much time writing and need a boost, pick up a book. Pick a big book and hack through it paragraphs, pages or chapters at a time when you find yourself in a writing rut.

Read a variety of things. Just like with everything else, variety is the key to success. So pick up some literature if you don't have any. Add some genre-fiction junk to your literature collection and just let the book and the author take you into her world. Keep a notebook nearby and write down any stray bits of information that pass through your head that can be used later for a plot.

By the same token, you can read bubblews, hubpages, blogs, comic books- anything and everything.

Keep a Journal

Used in conjunction with the other methods on this list, you will have many things to record in your journal.

Don't force yourself to keep a journal, though. If writing at night before bed is a pain because you would rather drink yourself into a stupor while playing video games to the wee hours of the morning with your friends, write before you start pouring. This goes back to my first bit of advice and how you have to make time to write.

Record how many words you wrote that day. Write about your weekly, monthly, yearly goals for writing. Seeing the words written down in front of you will solidify them in your subconscious and motivate you to see them through

Keep a Journal of Your Dream

Dreams are amazing things. Whether you believe they are a source of divination or guidance or not, your brain makes connections with every single detail of your life. Items elicit responses from you, colors can affect feelings, and when you sleep your brain is sorting them and making sense of them.

When you awake you can use those symbols and your conscious response to the series of events to see what kind of stories your dreams inspire.

The more you write about your dreams and the more habitual of a practice this becomes for you, the more easily you will remember them and the more ideas you will get!