6 Ways to Improve Your Creative Writing

• Spunk up your writing: Replace overused verbs
Even when using active verbs, sentences still may sound flat. More than likely, those active verbs are also overused.

• Give your writing class with appropriate diction
A sign of true craftsmanship for a writer is when he selects the right words and arranges them in an evocative way. The vocabulary choices and ways they are arranged to create a sense of style is known as diction.

• Eschew cliches like a toxic waste dump
A quick way to strengthen your writing is to replace (or just avoid altogether) overused expressions and phrases. Such expressions and phrases are known as clichés. 

• Starting sentences with “it”
Avoid starting sentences – and especially paragraphs – with “it.” By starting a sentence with “it,” you can confuse the reader. After all, what exactly does “it” refer to?

• Improve writing’s texture by avoiding repetition
One of the quickest ways to ruin a story’s texture is to repeat the same word between sentences and paragraphs. 

• Give your story oomph! with narrative drive
Narrative drive is the force that makes a reader feel that something is about to happen. The more powerful your narrative drive, the less likely the reader is to put down the story.