I read an anecdote about Hunter S. Thompson wanted to learn to write as well as F Scott Fitzgerald, what he did was take the Great Gatsby and retyped it manuall

I read an anecdote about Hunter S. Thompson wanted to learn to write as well as F Scott Fitzgerald, what he did was take the Great Gatsby and retyped it manually on his typewriter - twice. Something like this could be good practice not only in typing but while doing it word for word you think about how it was written and would give you insight in how to write better. Though, if I were doing that, I might want to type in shorter pieces.. Second is hone your blogging skills or find a creative writing group... back when I ran a BBS we did a continuing story in the forums, where users would periodically add a few paragraphs to a story. Can't say it made me any of us great writers or anything, Again, good practice on writing, and that group (was RPG oriented tale by gamers) was low stress on making typos and grammar errors.