"100 Ways to Improve Your Writing" and More

The sooner we read and write better, the longer our chance to share quality. Prioritize excellence. Try these pearls from Gary Provost including his first chapter outline and a paragraph about vocabulary. 

Hi – I'm reading "100 Ways to Improve Your Writing (Updated): Proven Professional Techniques for Writing with Style and Power" by Gary Provost and wanted to share this quote with you.

NINE WAYS TO IMPROVE YOUR WRITING WHEN YOU’RE NOT WRITING 

1. Get Some Reference Books 

2. Expand Your Vocabulary 

3. Improve Your Spelling 

4. Read 

5. Take a Class 

6. Eavesdrop 

7. Research 

8. Write in Your Head 

9. Choose a Time and Place

"The only way to make your vocabulary more accessible is to use it. If you want all those short but interesting words waiting at the front of your brain when you need them, you must move them to the front of your brain before you need them." - from 100 Ways to Improve Your Writing 

You're all in on better volleyball. Fantastic! Pledge to invest time and effort in communication - written, verbal, and nonverbal. 

Want more ideas? 

• Write a fast first draft and then revise. Writing is rewriting. 
• Limit jargon if you choose a wide audience. Newbies won't know pin hitting or pipe attacks. 
• Use strong verbs. Banish adverbs. 
• Read your writing aloud. If it sounds awkward or pompous, it is. 
• Experiment. Write in the style of another author, such as Hemingway or Shakespeare. You can also ask AI to do the same as a model. 
• Get an AI writing critique from ChatGPT. 

Maybe you like volleyball better than writing. Over the long haul, writing well serves you well, just as serving well will help your volleyball. 

How you do anything is how you do everything. 

Lagniappe. Improve skill, space, and time. 

Lagniappe 2. "Repetitions make reputations." Craft your platform.