2 Daily Habits That Improved My Writing Skills Drastically

I’m not a great writer.

But I think my writing has improved significantly compared to when I started.

If it didn’t, I wouldn’t be having 5.8k+ followers on Medium and 1.5k+ subscribers on Substack.

Today, I was repeatedly going to my website and reading my own articles multiple times. I just loved them. I couldn’t believe I was the one who wrote all that.

While doing that, a question sparked…

“What did I actually do that made me a better writer?”

Then two of my daily habits popped up in my mind.

And that’s what I’m gonna share with you today.

If you’re serious about growing an audience writing online, stop being serious about that. Because that’s not gonna help you.

Instead, become serious about becoming the BEST. FREAKING. WRITER. POSSIBLE.

How do you do that? 

By relentlessly improving your writing skills.

How do you do that?

Here is how:

2 Daily Habits To Improve Your Writing Skills

1) Write every day

I know, you might have heard this many times.

But you might have not heard it from me😉. 

So, let me give you my perspective on why writing every day will improve your writing skills.

To become good at anything, you need to first DO that thing.

People say, “I’m not good at writing.”

But if I ask, “Can you tell me SPECIFICALLY what you are not good at?” 

They’ll not be able to answer. 

Why? 

Because they never tried to write to find that out in the first place.

I sucked when I first started to write online. But I didn’t quit. I kept writing.

As I write every day, I started to notice where I sucked exactly.

I sucked at writing headlines, so I started to study the headlines of high-performing articles and incorporated what I learned in my headlines.

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I sucked at writing hooks, so I did the same thing. I started studying the hooks (first 4–5 sentences of an article) of high-performing articles.

I sucked at structuring my articles well. Did the same things. Observed how top writers are structuring their articles and incorporated them into my own.

If I didn’t write every day, I would have not known where I sucked and not improved them.

This is why you should write every day.

Now, some people might have this question…

“But, bro, what should I write about? I don’t know what to write?”

If you say this, here is what I want you to do:

Journal.

Journaling is also writing. 

Now you can’t say I don’t know what to write about. 

Because journaling is just writing down your thoughts. 

Please don’t say, “Bro, I don’t have any thoughts in my brain.”

What you should write in your journal?

Write down:

• the problems you’re facing and how you can solve them,
• the negative thoughts that are bothering you and how you can get rid of them,
• the limiting beliefs that are holding you back and how you can break them,
• the goals you want to achieve and how you can achieve them, and
• the life you want to live and how you can build it.

Just write anything, but write.

If you’re not confident about writing online yet. No problem. Journal every day.

In fact, before I started writing online, I journaled for 90 days straight.

As I journaled every day, my writing skills improved and my confidence grew. After 90 days, I started writing online.

Now, the second habit is…

2) Read every day

Reading every day will improve your writing skills at a subconscious level.

You’ll pick up new words.

You’ll learn to construct good sentences. 

You’ll learn to convey your ideas better. 

You’ll learn to tell stories.

The first habit (writing every day) and this one go hand in hand.

If you write every day, you’ll not read a book like everyone else.

You’ll read books from a writer’s perspective.

You’ll not only observe the information, but you’ll also notice how that information is being conveyed.

When you sit down to write, all of it will flow out of you naturally, without you even realizing it.

That’s it.

These are the 2 daily habits that helped me improve my writing skills.

Cultivate these 2 habits and see yourself becoming an amazing writer.

Hope it was helpful.

See you again.

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P.S. Good writing is just good thinking. Stop scrolling on Instagram.