Writing-advice is tricky. The people who need it most are on the far side of a chasm they can't bridge without learning to read their own writing. Doing so ta

Writing-advice is tricky. The people who need it most are on the far side of a chasm they can't bridge without learning to read their own writing. Doing so takes a mix of interest/dedication and practice that I suspect are hard to hack. The closest you can get, I think, is to spend some time breaking down, analyzing, critiquing, and "fixing" things others have written. You may also fare better, in calendar time, if you like writing and reading as ends. If someone has learned to read themselves, you can give them all sorts of great advice. If they haven't, the best you can do is give straightforward "rules" they'll have some hope of spotting and fixing in their own work. Edits: - Yes--I think this holds for programming. - Taking a newswriting class is my stock recommendation for ~working people who ask me "how write?"