10 Quick Ways to Improve Your Writing - WritersLife.org

10 Quick Ways to Improve Your Writing - WritersLife.org     Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit  Where to follow and listen to WritersLife.org:    Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/writerslifeorg/    Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/writerslife.org/     Twitter: http://www.Twitter.com/writerslifeorg    Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/writerslifeorg/    Google +: http://www.WritersLife.org/googleplus     Website: http://www.WritersLife.org   Products: http://www.WritersLife.org/shop    Podcast: http://writerslife.org/podcast    Join Our Team: http://writerslife.org/contribute/    Advertise your book and.or writing  https://www.facebook.com/WritersLifeAdvertisingPlatform/?ref=br_rs   Thank you for listening Please Share it. We LOVE to read comments so please leave a comment and subscribe to Our channel:  https://www.youtube.com/writerslifeorg Grab your free writer's toolkit by going to  http://www.writerslife.org/finish-your-book ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Hello there is Peter here again from Writer's life and today ten quick ways to make your writing better while it can be satisfying sitting down for hours and picking apart your novel sometimes you don't have time for that the great thing is that we don't have to spend huge chunks of our time on our writing to make it great for those who can only grab a few minutes here and there there are still ways to make your writing better and get that satisfaction that you've improved it each time you have a spare moment so what are some of the quick things you can do to make your writing better let's take a look first look for spelling mistakes spelling mistakes make your writing seem unprofessional and will immediately make a publisher think you haven't bothered to edit it well do a spellcheck of your work but also look for mistakes where the word might be correct but it's not exactly what you mean next do a grammar check even if you intend to use a professional editing service having your grammar and punctuation as good as it can be before you send this off will help make the process smoother and leave you with a better piece of work as a result if your grammar isn't excellent you can download a program such as grammarly which will help to weed out grammatical mistakes and next look for words you overuse we all have our favorite words or phrases and it's easy to overuse them in our writing try to skim through your work weed out those that you end repeating and find alternatives to keep your writing interesting and our next tip take out adjectives and adverbs while descriptive writing can conjure up a clear picture in your readers imagination too many descriptive words can make writing seem overwritten look for these at the end of dialog such as he said lovingly or she said angrily and next write in the present tense the present tense gives much more immediacy to your writing and draws the reader in so try to rewrite instances where you've used the past tense and change them to the present our next step give your character and unusual trades give your character and interesting and a arresting feature such as a lisp or a limp or a strange scar or a tattoo this makes them seem unique and intriguing next read your dialogue aloud reading dialog aloud will help you decide whether it flows well and reflects how someone would talk the next ask a probing question when reading through your work try to ask an interesting question which could help you find a new direction for the chapter or storyline always think about your characters motivations for doing things and make sure their actions make sense next tip break up long sentences long sentences can be tiring to read so try to break up any those are a bit of a mouthful and our final tip is delete anything that isn't needed keep asking yourself is this necessary does this drive the story forward if the answer is no hit delete these ten quick ways will improve your writing and can be done bit by bit so even if you don't have a lot of time to spare you can still get that manuscript in great shape before you know it now don't forget our free writers toolkit can help you if you're struggling to write or finish your book our free writers toolkit can help you overcome procrastination get organized stay focused find time to write and finally get your book published to get access to it now while it's still available simply go to http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit that's http://www.writerslife.org/toolkit that's it for now be sure to like this video give us a thumbs up and subscribe to our channel for more and I'll see you next time