How I Feel I Can I Improve My Writing

Previously on this blog-

Nah. Just kidding. 

Today I'm going to talk about how I feel I can improve my writing, which to be honest is not at the level it should be at. My writing skills are quite weak so the first step in becoming a better writer is, obviously, to read more books. I rarely find the time to pick a book up and read, mainly because my schedule is packed for this semester.

However, I am taking a course on Critical Reading and I think it can help me tremendously in improving my writing style as well as enrich my vocabulary. This is because the course strictly works on making you think about the types of words and the meanings they carry in context of the sentences. By analyzing these things, I am able to use them as a sort of reference for my writings in this class.

The next step in improving my writing is to practice writing and take more grammar exercises online. I have come to notice that my grammar is on shaky grounds, and more often than not I find myself confusing between the tenses which can be a huge problem, especially when I am writing my essay. Mixing up my tenses can cause the reader who is going through my work to be confused and thus, the message I am trying to convey cannot be reached. Furthermore, the incorrect use of punctuation in grammar can also cause confusion and frenzy among the readers. 

For instance:

Of course what they mean to say is that the toilet is only for the disabled, elderly, pregnant or children but because of the absence of the commas, the sign makes it sounds as though the toilet was specifically made for a disabled, elderly and pregnant child! Haha!

Back to reality, I did some online research and I found that another way to improve my writing is to never settle on a first draft. Usually, a person will write the first version of their essay and send it in straight away without revising certain parts of it. Next, you should always proofread your work before handing it over to your teachers or lecturers. A brief skim over the words you've written should be good enough to detect any spelling errors you might have made the first time around.

I have also made a promise to myself to find a fixed time to blog. So from now on I will be blogging at night. I hope I can try to maintain a constant time of which I make my posts.

See you next week! Bye!