Read, read and read some more. That’s the only way to become a good writer. Read enough books and good writing will become a lot more automatic. Or read magazines online or in print, if that’s the kind of writing you want to do. I used to have stacks of magazines in my room and I’d read them cover-to-cover.
Every Thursday night my parents used to take me to the library and I’d grab a stack of books to read over the weekend. I moved around a lot when I was growing up, so when I was the new kid at school, those books were my friends. I still think of books that way.
Reading is only the first step though. Try to find an after-school writing class if you can, or ask your school to start a writing group for you and your friends. I like to go into schools to run writing groups because I belonged to one in grade 6 and it changed my life. I still use the skills I learned in that group today.
