Writing skills are an important part of
communication. Good writing skills allow you to communicate your
message with clarity and ease to larger audience than through
face-to-face or telephone conversations.
The good news is that writing is a skill can be learned like any
other.
A trick for checking and improving your work is to read it aloud.
Reading text forces you to slow down and you may pick up problems with the flow
that your eye would otherwise skip over.
Another way to improve your writing skills is to read - as you
read you pick up new vocabulary and engage with different writing styles.
Being able to write well is a skill which will get you a long way
in the workplace, because it is fairly rare in many places.
One skill that many people lack, especially in management and
other professional environments is the ability to write in plain English.
Taking the time to polish your writing skills is likely to pay off
in the longer term, and learning how to write specific types of documents will
also be useful.
Some writing mistakes are very common and frequently seen in both
printed material and online. This page details some of the most common and
easily avoidable writing mistakes. By learning to recognise such errors you can
improve your writing skills and avoid common writing mistakes in the future
Major mistakes to take care should be Spelling, Punctuation and
Grammar.