The best writing help I know is reading. It refreshes my mind, it stimulates my imagination and it incentivises me to write better to compete with the writing I have just read.
It doesn’t really matter what I read. It could be a travel journal, a short story, a flash fiction, a fiction book from the library or an online novel. All types of reading contribute to help my writing progress.
However, the truth is that I just can’t read anything without ticking off the technical aspects in my mind. How catchy is the title? How has the writer drawn me into the story or article with the first line or paragraph? Is the writer appealing to all my senses; visual imagination, sense of smell, touch and emotions? Is it easy to read or do the paragraphs ramble so I can’t be bothered to find the point?
So one of my top writing help suggestions for any writer is to spend maybe a couple of hours each day reading. There is a good chance it will inspire you with ideas for your writing, suggest different styles and provide you with writing models on which you can successfully build.
If you would like to read more writing help suggestions, check out my hints for writing short stories.
Bye for now
Rob
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