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#1 Key To Better Writing

Although, writing may come easier to some than it does for others, most all writers will admit, in the early stages, in fact throughout your writing career, the number one key to becoming a better writer is practice.
Finding the time to write is one of the most common complaints of beginning writers. This can be a major hurdle to overcome, but overcome it you must. No one becomes good at their profession without practice. Take any athlete, actor, or artist, and think about how much effort and practice time they have put in to become good at what they do, writing is no different.

In the beginning of your writing endeavors you'll face many obstacles, time being at the top of the list. You must find ways to overcome this "lack of time" if you are serious about writing.

The key is to write something everyday. It doesn't have to be thousands of words a day, but you must write something EVERY day. Take fifteen minutes in the morning and write about what lies ahead of you for that day, or write a descriptive paragraph describing your morning rituals. It doesn't matter what it is just write something.

This may seem like trifle advice, but it is imperative if you want to become a better writer. Habits are hard to break and if you get in the habit of writing at a certain time every day you'll soon make it a part of your everyday routine.

Make writing a habit, a part of your everyday life. Practice, practice, practice!

That's all fine a good, but how do you find the time between family, school, work, and all the stuff in between to really spend any quality time writing.

Get up fifteen or thirty minutes earlier, grab your cup of coffee, or mountain dew or whatever revs you up and write.

Take a few minutes right after supper instead of watching the nightly news and go spend ten minutes free writing.

Take fifteen minute of your lunch break and write a description of your surroundings.

If you do the math that adds up to about four and a half hours a week, eighteen hours a month, which is approximately 206 hours a year.
Math's not my strong suit, but you get the idea.

You may not be able to find big chunks of time to sit and write, which of course all writers dream about, but you can find the time if your passion is strong enough.

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