1. Be your self:

Don't overuse flowery language, it will make your writing sound phony

2. Write with authority:

Don't sound like you don't know what you're talking about and leave out phrases such as "you know"

3. Don't rush the writing process:

Give yourself a few days to rest after writing your rough draft before entering the revising stage

To the left are three of the most important elements in writing. If you follow our steps your writing will vastly improve. Click on the main topics to read more about them

Does your writing seem plain and monotonous? If you employ a few of these writing techniques, your writing will become fuller and more lively.

Allusion:
This is a reference to a familiar person, place, thing, or event.

Analogy:
A comparison of ideas or objects that are completely different but that are alike in one important way.

Antithesis:
Use opposing ideas in the same thought or sentence to emphasize a point

Exaggeration:
Overstating something or stretching the truth to emphasize a point. Ex: I was so hungry I could eat a cow

Flashback:
This technique involves interrupting a story to go back in time and explain an earlier time or event to make the story more clear.

Foreshadowing:
This is leaving hints or clues in your story that suggest what will happen later on in the story.

Irony:
This is an expression where you say one thing but mean just the opposite. This is almost sarcastic.