Becoming A Better Writer?

Becoming A Better Writer?

All over the internet,there are various articles telling amateur writers like me how to be a better writer, how to write good stories or good books. Guidelines to follow,steps and techniques. All over, on blogs, websites, YouTube, Facebook, Instagram etcetera. But the question is, is there a single way to become a good writer? Who is a perfect writer? Are you a good writer?

     There is no such thing as a perfect writer, although it can be used in hyperbolic descriptions. There is no single way to be a good writer, there are numerous peculiar ways which you can discover yourself and with the help of others. But there is one thing I am sure of is there is a creative writer,who uses his/ her discretion in all things.

   As an amateur writer ,I surf the internet a lot and I seek ways to be better. If you are an author, amateur or not ,you probably do that. But sometimes when seeking for this ways , we lose our originality and become less creative. Following same formats and steps, creating books that are just like a certain author's. We lose our creativity , a climax must be at the end, there must be a happy ending, the heroine has to fall in love with the hero.  If all books were alike ,what would be the fun in it? 

I do not opine that you should not seek for ways to be better, you totally should, because learning is a continuous process. But while learning ,make sure your peculiarity is intact.

Here are ways,which I think will help you in writing better;

1. Always strive to remain unique
2. Trusts your guts
3. Listen to your characters. I know this sounds weird, but when you are well connected to your characters you can listen to them.
4. Write at least almost everyday, this will help you keep in touch with your characters and remain green ,a day or week or weeks break could affect your writing style.
5. Read a lot of books.
6. Have a trusted beta reader.
7. Have a plan.
8. Understand your characters
9. Research a lot about what you are writing.
10. Always be open to listen to advise and enthusiastic to make adjustments that will make your work better but not hurt its peculiarities.

                    Good luck ;-) 

                                         Bookish Sadie