How to be a good writer

How to be a good writer

Becoming a good writer is a choice. Many people think that be a good writer is a natural gift, so sometimes they feel that why they have to learn about writing. Even though they learn much about writing, they will not able to be a good writer. It is the worst thought. This opinion make someone ovoid writing and will never be a good writer. Becoming a good writer is a skill that can be learned and everyone can do it, but of course need to take much time and practice.

Read a lot is the main way to be a good writer. The more knowledge that you get from your reading will help you to get some inspiration and wishes to write well. Sometimes when we are writing we get difficulty of what we want to write or how to begin or end a paragraph, but with reading a lot we will accustom to find many kind of paragraphs and it can be our inspiration to write.

Regular writing practice will make you a better writer. You can sharpen your writing skill by practice writing everyday. If you do it regularly, you will get your confidence in writing. Try to write from a very little thing that you can do like writing diary. You can write everything in your diary. Maybe when you sad, happy, falling in love or tell about what is interesting thing or experience that you get everyday. Even though there will no one who read your writing, but you can feel how nice writing is. If you have accustomed to write a diary you may want to continue it with writing a short story, article and so on because you have begin to love writing.

Always to be sensitive with everything happen around you. It can be your inspiration to write. Sometimes many people can’t write because they don’t have any topics or inspirations that can make them write. So besides reading, knowing the condition around us will very help us to write.

Share your writing with other people so that you can get your feedback. It is one of the best ways for you to hone you writing skill. Ask someone to read your writing and give them chance to criticize, give opinion or correction of your writing.

            Don’t be shy or hesitate to show everyone your writing product. Let them know and enjoy that. Don’t worry if you make some mistakes in your writing because if you make mistakes you will learn from it and try to be better.

If you have got your confident in writing, you can start to publish your writing product. You can try from small media publisher such as in the wall of your room, in a wall magazine or in the internet. From this small media you will come to the next bigger media such as publish your writing to the magazine, newspaper until to a book publisher. Even though that is not as easy as invert our palm of hand, but we have to try.

In my last words I say, never think that writing is a gift that can not be learned. Becoming a good writer is the result of much learns, practice and hard work. This fact should encourage you. It means everyone can be a good writer.