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Writing Skills

Skilled writing produces a response in the reader by stimulating thought, evoking emotion, and stirring to action. It is the reason you read a favorite book a second time. Thankfully, writing is a skill that can be learned like any other. Furthermore, the learned skill will serve you all your life. Writing skills are an important part of communication. Good writing skills allow you to communicate your message with clarity and ease to a far larger audience than through face-to-face or telephone conversations. 


Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation

Correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling are key in written communications.  The reader will form an opinion of you, the author, based on both the content and presentation, and errors are likely to lead them to form a negative impression.

Written communication skills examples Clarity. Clarity helps your reader understand what you are saying or, at least, understand enough to know what questions... Conciseness. It’s important to get to your point quickly and efficiently. ... Concise writing, like that in the above... Tone.



How to improve your writing skills?


Checking for poor writing and spelling mistakes: 

All written communications should therefore be re-read before sending to print, or hitting the send button in the case of emails, as it is likely that there will be errors.  Do not assume that spelling and grammar checkers will identify all mistakes as many incorrect words can indeed be spelled correctly (for example, when “their” is used instead of “there” or “principle” instead of “principal”) or entire words may be missing. If at all possible, take a break before re-reading and checking your writing, as you are more likely to notice problems when you read it fresh.


What skills do you need to become a content writer?

Before you can start writing incredible content, you’ll need at least an intermediate understanding of the basic principles of writing. This doesn’t mean you need to enroll in a prestigious creative writing program at an Ivy League university, but you will need to know the basics of grammar and spelling. Also, Take help from fellow writers to know how to write content and get to the core of the issue. If you really want to learn how to start content writing & how to become a freelance writer, then start paying attention to what your users and clients have to say about your work.

Learn content writing with a stepwise procedure! 1. Content Writing involves a lot of research 2. Skills of a content writer 3. Stick To The Point 4. The creative perspective of content writing 5. A content writer should create a Killer Title And First Paragraph 6. A content writer shouldn’t Exaggerate and Keep It Simple.

About the author

Shweta Jain is working in Pratham Education Foundation and works on aspects of Teacher Support Management for the teacher capacity development portal: Gurushala. Any views expressed are personal.

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