1. Write a lot I think much of the other advice on this page is very valid (and I'll repeat some below), but what I often find missing from advice like this is

1. Write a lot I think much of the other advice on this page is very valid (and I'll repeat some below), but what I often find missing from advice like this is simply do the thing a lot with some sort of feedback/iteration loop. While this is true for most professions, it is specially true for writing: write a lot. Other useful things to help: 2. Define the purpose of your writing 3. Define who your target audience is (is this a novel, article writing, marketing, etc) 4. Define who you are as the author (are you a subject matter expert, the narrator of a story, a friend) Learn some of the basics: - Elements of Style is a good place to start - Use Grammarly - Read, a lot