Blogging & measuring average time on page is a great way to see if you're able to write content that's relevant and engaging for readers. Average time on page

Blogging & measuring average time on page is a great way to see if you're able to write content that's relevant and engaging for readers. Average time on page should be at least 5 minutes for a blog post. Improving open source project READMEs and documentation is another great way to practice writing. I am writing an O'Reilly book now and having a professional editor will help you learn the common errors you're making. You should try to write short paragraphs, short sentences, and at a 4th-6th grade reading level. Good writing for literature is a lot different that good technical writing. A good novelist may write at a 12th grade reading level, may use complicated words, and will use literary devices like allegory and foreshadowing. A good technical writer should explain a concept in the most simple way possible. They should explicitly avoid literary devices like foreshadowing - their goal is to explain the concept in a straightforward manner. They should also avoid big words and long sentences. A large portion of technical readers are not native English speakers, so only the most basic words should be used.