Follow These Tips To Improve Your Content Writing Skill

A lot has been said about tips to improve content writing skill. However, it would be interesting to know how many readers have really got the hang of writing, and how it benefited them in terms of improving their skill of creative expressions.

This post is covering certain steps to encourage you how to begin writing content that will serve your writing-related needs, such as –

• Improve your writing skill.
• Boost your website traffic.
• Enable you to express your ideas creatively.
• Write without a negative thought in mind.
• Write with confidence.

Tips To Improve Content Writing Skill

Do mental preparation

Thoughts run in our mind in fleeting seconds. There is no guarantee that the idea which has just come to your mind in flash will ever stay there for long.

Considering our mind is the storehouse of innumerable thoughts, it, therefore, makes sense to make a note of your ideas, lest you should forget them for good.

Mental preparation is all about brainstorming or mining ideas from the mind so that you get enough materials to initiate the process of writing and can write something creatively genius.

Check your language skill

Do you want to write in English or Hindi? What is your favorite language of writing? This is a very serious consideration. I feel sorry to say that most newbie writers overlook the importance of checking their language skill. As tends to be the result, they end up writing something that their readers fail to understand.

People, who are not native English speakers, often stumble upon problems in constructing sentences that should make sense and deliver values. Why? It's all about the absence of required expertise of their chosen language for writing.

Poor language skill is one of the factors which quell the creativity of content writers, preventing it from being expressed naturally. This piece of advice may sound but if your command on the language you tend to use in writing is not up to the mark or distinct, you should either improve it or choose another profession.

Start with knowledge first

The idea to suggest this advice is to help you get aware of the importance of knowledge in writing. To say otherwise, unless you are familiar with the particular topic you wish to write about, there is a fat chance you will be confident enough to write it. Even though you falsely convince yourself that you are going to write the piece anyhow, the result of it will be, you know – something like nefarious. In other words, you will end up writing trash or trite piece of content. First, gather info about your topic from trusted sources of the Internet.

Know who you write for

Do not waste your time pleasing everyone with your writing. Everyone is not your reader. Your topic about the poverty of India will not be liked by people looking for information about the cutting-edge technology in the world.

So, put your readers or audiences on priority, and write for them. To write for audiences you have no idea of is wasting your time that could otherwise be utilized in some rather more important priority.

Do not bloat the content

Bloated content is also called verbose writing in which you use a lot of words or sentences not necessary and relevant. I get that sometimes writers get carried away while writing and so end up writing a very lengthy piece.

It is fine to write the lengthy post, but it is NOT okay to make it sound like a useless stuff.

And this happens when your post includes less substance and more superficiality of the information. In simple words – content of 200 words is NOT GOOD if you can write it more convincingly in just 100 words!

Brevity has its own beauty when it comes to writing.

Avoid reading too many tips on writing

When I started to write for a commercial purpose, I never read tips or suggestions on writing. I just started doing it. Action speaks louder than the words. Therefore, allow yourself to be a more action-driven writer.

Don’t be like those people who tend to read a lot of things on writing before starting to write their own masterpiece. The adverse side-effect of reading too many tips on writing is very soon your mind gets screwed up; it refuses to be YOURSELF, you become ambivalent, and who knows you quit on writing, thinking it is too frustrating a chore!

Basic knowledge of SEO

Don’t get confused. I understand writing and SEO (Search Engine Optimization) are two different things. But SEO can help you how to write on topics currently in trends. Therefore, chances for Google to index your content faster improve.

Moreover, you know how to mine useful keywords for your content, relevant placement of key phrases in your content body, and sharing your blog on top-trending social media platforms, in order to drive massive traffic on your website, as well as establishing your position as a credible web author.

Doing SEO content writing has its own advantages.

Proofread your content

Every time you sit at a dinner table, do you eat foods with eyes closed? When you walk on the road, do you cross it over to other side blindfolded?

The reason to ask these questions is you understand the etiquette behind compliance of basic rules of life. Therefore, you pay attention to your situations around. You can’t risk being in harm’s way due to carelessness. Proofreading is just like that.

It is an etiquette enabling you how to discipline your craft with standard accuracy. I am not telling you to become 101% PERFECT, grammar per se.

At least ensure that your written stuff doesn’t sound like a grammatically awkward piece. Prune unnecessary phrases, words, shorten sentences if need be, fix grammatical loopholes like problems in Subject-Verb-Agreement, and so on.

Proofread means giving a final touch to your craft confirming it is now time to hit “Publish” button.

Other Important Writing Tips (new and rephrased)

• Do not beat around the bush.
• Know that you may stand corrected. Things you believe in are right may be proven wrong.
• Avoid sounding off “I know better than you” attitude.
• Respond to comments of your reader/s. It is another good etiquette to earn their trust.
• Bring as much substance to your writing as possible. Quality earns you spotlight.
• Not everyone is your reader. Hence, write for people related to your topic.
• Do not get carried away if someone takes a dig on your write-up, calling it trite. Everything you find on the internet today is trite somehow. Information is recycled these days. There’s nothing UNIQUE, if I tell you honestly. So, let people have their views. Your responsibility? Ensure what you write is value-oriented, even though it is somehow cliche.
• Don’t write words like “Hell” “Fuck” or similar offensive expletives.
• Don’t impose yourself on readers. Being yourself is one thing, being dominating quite another. Be humble.
• Nobody is 101% PERFECT in grammar. So, don’t torture your mind if someone spots certain grammatical mistakes in your manuscript. Even they may stand corrected. A thumb rule? As I have said, proofread carefully and edit those parts of your writing which seem unrelated.
• Understand that you can’t please everyone!
• Always arm yourself with ideas, wherever you find them. Well, they’re everywhere if you mind the attention.
• Improve your vocabulary. Words are like arrows in your quiver. Never run out of them.
• Keep yourself abreast with the latest knowledge in the field of technology, finance or your preferred genre.

Wrapping it up

Never assume writing to be an easy chore. Well, it is not difficult one either. What it requires is your commitment, integrity, and discipline toward it. Finally, one of the most important content writing tips is NEVER COMPARE yourself with other writers. You may take some inspiration from your fellow writers, but just be YOURSELF. Writing is all about the confession of your character. Make sure when you write, it sounds inspiring and meaningful to others.