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Buried toward the end of the essay is a suggestion to become a better writer. Wondering if anyone has learned to become a better writer, and if so, what was your approach?


Writing.

There is no shortcut.

Just like working out improves your range of movement and manipulating your own body and weights in space, writing does the same with ideas and expression.


Simply writing more will get you 99% of the way there.


And the final 1% comes from re-reading yourself.


Editing.




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