The Most Effective Way ...

The most effective way to improve your writing according to Peter Elbow.

The most effective way I know to improve your writing is to do freewriting exercises regularly. At least three times a week. They are sometimes called "automatic writing," "babbling," or jabbering" exercises. The idea is simply to write for ten minutes (later on, perhaps fifteen or twenty). Don't stop for anything. Go quickly without rushing. Never stop to look back, to cross something out, to wonder how to spell something, to wonder what word or thought to use, or to think about what you are doing. If you can't think of a word or a spelling, just use a squiggle or else write, "I can't think of it." Just put down something. The easiest think is just to put down whatever is in your mind. If you get stuck it's fine to write "I can't think what to say, I can't think what to say" as many times as you want; or repeat the last word you wrote over and over again; or anything alse. The only requirement is that you never stop.


Note:
babble (verb)     = to talk quickly or in a way that is difficult to understand
jabber (verb)      = to talk very quickly and with a lot of enthusiasm, mengoceh
squiggle (noun)  = a line with a lot of curves in it, garis berlekuk-lekuk