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How to Improve Your English Writing Skills

How to Improve Your English Writing Skills

We all realize that in today’s world, it is very important to have good command of the English language. While we all focus on speaking well, we often neglect the writing bit, and that many a times hampers our work and even day to day correspondence.

Creativity cannot be infused into someone, but we can always acquaint ourselves with some important tips that can help improve the way we write. Here are some quick but effective pointers for those who wish to be able to write better -

1. Read – Get into the habit of reading. Do not restrict yourself to history, politics, fiction or science. Read a variety of subjects by various writers. That will help you in improving your sentence structure and style of writing.
2.  Art & Vocabulary – Reading always makes you richer by many words. While reading a book, keep a dictionary handy. As soon as you come across a word/phrase you do not understand, look it up. Use similes, metaphors and interesting phrases.
3. Tenses – Focus on these basics. Get your tenses in order. Make a tense chart and practice.
4.  Grammar - Understand the sentence structure and parts of speech like noun, pronoun, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, prepositions, conjunctions. Make a chart with parts of speech and example words in front of them. Try and use them in your day to day conversation. Then get into a habit of using them in your writing.
5.  Sentence – A sentence has two components – Subject and Predicate. The subject is the Noun/Pronoun and predicate is the verb and the parts of the sentence that modify it. Always keep in mind that the subject and the verb should always “agree”. They should either be singular or plural.
6. Write in active form.
7.  Always write in complete sentences.
8.  Take care of spelling, capitalization, punctuation.
9.  While writing, try to choose different topics and different styles of writing like essays, passages, stories, poems.
10.  It would be a good idea to maintain a journal of sorts, wherein entries are in different forms. Sometimes in a report sort of way, sometimes in a story format.

Try these tips and like I said earlier, read a lot. A voracious reader is seldom out of ideas and words!

Count On Me - June 11, 2001

When the rain is falling heavy on your rooftop,

And it seems like the endless flow of tears none could stop,

When the touch of the sun pierces you deep inside,

And you feel so scared but there’s no place to hide

In all of these situations and many more, you can count on me

With my eyes you can see, you can count on me.

When you want to speak your mind and are just short of words,

When you need to shout aloud and yearn to be heard,

When you think of the promises that were made to be broken,

And you miss all that was said and things never spoken

In all of these situations and many more, you can count on me

With my eyes you can see, you can count on me.

Beyond The Horizon - April 1, 1999

Desires unlimited and hopes so high,

My aspirations want to scale the skies.

In dreams the stars belong to me,

My fears turn false and seem to flee.

There’s no end to my world of imagination,

Perfection is the name of my destination.

I keep on going and strive for my goals,

Put in my efforts and let destiny play its role.

Beyond the horizon I have to go,

Then forever in wisdom I will flow.

The Ocean Of Life - October 5, 1999

I sat on the shore, had a time of mirth

I looked at the coming waves, as if it was my birth.

Slowly I entered, with hope and enthusiasm

The sea was in full swing, like a flower in blossom.

The deeper I went, the nearer was the treasure

But the depth of the sea was hard to measure.

The treasure was rich and the mysteries unknown,

Not much was different, but the shrubs had grown.

Wave by wave I went by, touching the sun of the noon

All the birds flew off, when came the midnight moon.

Then the tide met the sunset, stroked with rocks to and fro

It was its final destination, it was the ultimate rendezvous.

A College Going Girl - August 31, 1998

For a college going girl life’s a colorful mystery,

She has a choice to study psychology or opt for history.

She is not restricted to attend the classes,

But if her lectures fall short, the authority harasses.

She is free to move here and there,

In the canteen, corridor and stairs.

She’s got the freedom to wear whatever she likes,

Jeans, skirts, trousers or tights!

She can grow her nails and wear all shades of enamel,

She can loosen her hair or tie ‘em up like the tail of a big camel.

Putting bright lipsticks and carrying the latest of bags,

No time for books, she’s happier reading mags.

For the whole day she’s found dancing in the campus,

Wearing a new cloth everyday is the symbol of her status.

The life of a college going girl is full of entertainment

But is this the way it should be lead, I ask your comment!

Teenage - August 23, 1998

I am a little kid of five,

My dreams are real and no disguise.

I wonder what it is all about,

But there’s no one to clear by doubts.

I often dream of a marshy land,

Where I go deep none holds my hand.

The voices around go vague and low,

I don’t know where am I to go!

Buried in the deep from head to toe,

Got no friend around, not even a foe.

My mind is baffled as the place is not acquainted,

I get a bit scared as it seems to be haunted.

Lonely I wonder here and there,

Crying aloud in the hope, that a word I may hear.

I try my best to reveal the concealed,

Alas! Everything around seems permanently sealed.

Suddenly all the things start to tremble,

And it looks like time’s great gamble.

And yes I know where I have reached,

Here all are self consumed and mouths stitched.

This scene of my life’s drama, is set on a different stage,

Here I am, in my Teenage!