If you want to be a great writer, always read all the excellent books. See that you write and read with your ears and not with eyes. You must hear every sentence which you write as if it was being read or spoken aloud. If you feel it doesn’t sound good, then try again. Stick on to the writing style that really interests you whether it’s fiction or real things. Take great efforts to do a clear writing but remember that though you begin by knowing what you mean which the reader doesn’t and even one wrongly chosen word might mislead the reader. If it is a story, then it is terribly easy to forget that you haven’t told the reader something which he wanted to know, the entire image is very clear in your own mind which you forget that it isn’t the same as his.

When you’re working on something and you finally give it up, don’t just throw it away – unless it is terribly bad! Have them in a file or drawer as it might be useful later. One of the interesting things to do is re-writing; avoid using a typewriter as the noise will disturb your sense of rhythm. Be sure that you know the meanings of the words that you use. Always try using language which is clear and make sure the sentence doesn’t end up meaning something else. Use plain direct words, instead of vague and long words. Avoid implementing promises and never use abstract nouns as concrete ones are better. For instance, if you want to write ‘more people died’ then don’t say ‘mortality rose’.

When writing don’t use adjectives that simply tell us how you want us to experience about the issue you are describing. For example, instead of describing a thing as “terrible,” describe it in a way that we’ll be terrified. Similarly don’t use the word “delightful”, but make us say “delightful” when one reads the description. Words like horrifying, hideous, exquisite and wonderful are only like saying to the readers. Here is another example, “Please will you do my work for me.” Don’t use words that are too big for the subject. Avoid saying “infinitely” when you mean “very”; or else you will have no words left when you want to say about something that is really infinite.