please i need your tips and ideas.

write everyday

keep an active journal

read a lot

I wish I could help ya out. LOL

posakosa:

write everyday

keep an active journal

read a lot

Yes read alot especially newspapers. Also, try to listen to international news (CNN and BBC although national news helps a bit too) frequently.
Thereafter, you have to keep applying any new words or sentences learnt every other day.

Hope this helps.

You guys may say whatever you want but I recommend reading English and American newspapers and magazines, if you really like reading newspapers. This is because not only will reading Nigerian newspapers fail to enhance your writing skills, but it will also worsen your current writing skills.

Just be reading and writing every day.

Read a lot of newspapers and journals.

you could even take a writing class in some local college.

join an online writers club

read backwards,

Going back to nursery school and learning Handwriting.

^^^^^^ lol--- only mama-gee

@ poster. You want to become a professional writer like Grisham and the likes, or you just want to know the rudiments of writing?
Beware of Local Newspaper, many of them contain grammaticl blunders and spelling errors that can fill an empty basin,

agathamari:

join an online writers club

u knw any?

I'd avise you read a lot of writings of people u admire and also practice writing daily. You get better doing it as time goes on.[color=#006600][/color]

RuuDie:

u knw any?

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vislabraye:

@ poster. You want to become a professional writer like Grisham and the likes, or you just want to know the rudiments of writing?
Beware of Local Newspaper, many of them contain grammaticl blunders and spelling errors that can fill an empty basin,

arrant non-sense

practice make perfect, get a 2D exercise book and start writting

posakosa:

write everyday

keep an active journal

read a lot

read everyday and write a lot. Thankyou

kvolander:

Yes read alot especially newspapers. Also, try to listen to international news (CNN and BBC although national news helps a bit too) frequently.
Thereafter, you have to[b] keep applying any new words or sentences learnt every other day.

[/b]Hope this helps.

Thanks

agathamari:

join an online writers club

thanks for the links agatha

Get the software WhiteSmoke. It's every writer's help mate. Really good

I would recommend that you desist from reading Nigerian newspapers because they are replete with grammatical and spelling errors, but you can read American and British newspapers. If you like Nigerian material, read books from reputable Nigerian authors like Achebe, Chimamanda, and other Nigerian authors who are trained in writing or have degrees that inherently involve writing. Also stay away from the editorials on Nigeriworld.com, as the editor allows contributions from authors who have no writing pedigree or skill.

Spend more time reading, especially current stuffs. Watch narrative movies(from FOX, 20th CENTURY WARNER BROS) they will give you a good idea of how to start you write up.

When you guys say practise write everyday What I should write I seem to be able to only write in a specific way

YES PRACTISE WRITING EVERY DAY AND WHEN YOU READ,TRY READING ALOUD FOR 15mins @LEAST EVERYDAY.

Write what?

Write what?

greateliso:

arrant non-sense

Hey, jackass what do you know?

The best way to improve your writing skills is to read some journals, magazines, newspapers, etcetera. Then try to summarise what you read. Try to keep a daily journal where you record events and your thoughts. When reading take particular note of new words, their meanings and spellings. I believe you would improve if you have enough discipline to do all of these. All the best

Read lots of good materials that make use of correct English . always practise by writing down what uve read and think. When writing follow the format of:

-INTRODUCTION
-BODY OF ESSAY OR WRITING
-CONCLUSION

Separate your ideas in paragraphs, avoid using ambiguous words which u are not familiar with the accurate meaning,

enof teaching 4 now

oradilo:

The best way to improve your writing skills is to read some journals, magazines, newspapers, etcetera. Then try to summarise what you read. Try to keep a daily journal where you record events and your thoughts. When reading take particular note of new words, their meanings and spellings. I believe you would improve if you have enough discipline to do all of these. All the best

Thats what i do now. I also make notes on what i hear on the radio and summarise on paper what i hear

FUNMZIE:

Read lots of good materials that make use of correct English . always practise by writing down what uve read and think. When writing follow the format of:

-INTRODUCTION
-BODY OF ESSAY OR WRITING
-CONCLUSION

Separate your ideas in paragraphs, avoid using ambiguous words which u are not familiar with the accurate meaning,

enof teaching 4 now

And thanks for your very first nairaland post

You can start by google.

hay! you got to read anything readable,learn new words,especially strange words like Latin words. i no mean Latin language but words that came from Latin i mean orgin of the words. come to think of it you won go for bee competition? but all thesame sa na good thing you won do.