1. Practice makes perfect. Yes, others are right in telling you to read a lot, but reading alone won't improve your writing much. You have to write and more imp

1. Practice makes perfect. Yes, others are right in telling you to read a lot, but reading alone won't improve your writing much. You have to write and more importantly, edit what you wrote. Write a blog post, wait a day or so, and edit it — make it as short as you possibly can without losing the message. 2. I found the Economist Style Guide (http://www.economist.com/research/styleguide/ http://www.economist.com/research/styleguide/) to be quite helpful. Strunk & White is useful, but not as a set of rules to abide by, but as a set of ideas to consider.