Originally Posted by
ankursethi
I've always been good at languages. An year ago, when I was still in high school, I used to end my day with a nice novel. Even when I was a kid, I preferred reading over watching television or playing video games. I also had a blog which I wrote about twice a week, and most of my friends thought I wrote pretty well.
It's been an year, and college has been killing me. I have a stack of unread novels which I'm just too tired to delve into. Whenever I get free time, which is rare, I prefer to pop in a DVD of Scrubs, Family Guy or South Park (these shows aren't telecast on TV in India) and just relax. As a result, my writing has slowly been getting worse. I sit there at the keyboard, knowing exactly *what* to write, but I need to spend at least 15 minutes thinking about *how* to write it. The words have just stopped coming out well.
I need help. Even though I'm trying to get an IT degree, I love literature and I love writing. I want to get back into writing my long winded blog rants, but right now I'm just hating my style.
Q1. How do I improve the way I write?
Q2. I read many tech blogs everyday. Are there any literary blogs I can read?
Q3. Any free reading material online that can help me improve my style?
Q4. If you have a blog and update it regularly, please post the link here. I want to see what other people are writing about. I can't keep writing about how much I rock and how much other people suck all the time.
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