Our main focus on this channel is reading — but today, let's talk about writing. How can you improve your writing? Are there quick tips, life hacks, and secret formulae? The truth is, you'll only be a better writer if you practice. I can (and do) give some advice, but writing is hard work. That's true for students, for working professionals, and for novelists. All of us have to commit to building good habits in order to make ourselves better writers. A video on Plus/Minus/Equals (in the context of chess) from GM Jesse Kraai: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz33XbvCJnI Books on writing I recommend: On Writing by Stephen King: https://amzn.to/3ElI8tO Steering the Craft by Urusla K. LeGuin: https://amzn.to/3NSYihz Aristotle's Rhetoric: https://amzn.to/3NV622m Plain Style by Christopher Lasch: https://amzn.to/3A5O1ZG Examples of great writing: Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: https://amzn.to/3DXvTCn Essays by Wendell Berry: https://amzn.to/3TwJGp3 Emma by Jane Austen: https://amzn.to/3DYYneR Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky: https://amzn.to/3UNjkk0 St. Augustine's Confessions: https://amzn.to/3O38KTO The Lord of the Rings: https://amzn.to/3UvwyCe Piranesi by Susanna Clarke: https://amzn.to/3fWsiws After Virtue by Alasdair MacIntyre: https://amzn.to/3X3jQMG Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neal Hurston: https://amzn.to/3tDh4jP These are affiliate links with Amazon. The channel earns a commission from each purchase — but it doesn't cost you anything. Writing 0:00 Be a Good Reader 00:56 Write Drunk, Edit Sober 2:21 Plus/Minus/Equals 7:17