5 Minutes a Day on a Poorly Written Vacation

Then follow these 5 things with a vengeance!

1. Read famous authors

Find a writer you like and spend 5 minutes a day reading one of his essays.

You can read it aloud to give your brain both visual and auditory stimulation.

After you read it aloud, record the sentences and ideas that struck you, either on your phone or in a small notebook that you carry with you and look through often.

2. Writing Cards

Take the sentence you recorded and, around it,

write down your own thoughts about it, or write a case study that can prove it.

Write whatever comes to mind, one card isn't enough, you can draw it on the next one, or even in a mind map.

3. Accumulation of materials

When you read a story, observe all kinds of people around you, and hear a piece of chatting from a square dancing lady, you can use simple language and accumulate these stories as materials.

Prepare a library of material with you, and over time you'll find inspiration.

4. Detailed description

Select a scene, add characters to it, add the environment, plus the impact of visual, auditory and olfactory effects, to create a sense of detail and picture.

For example, if you hear shocking news, describe the beating of your heart, the trembling of your fingertips and the words that come out of your mouth.

5. Revise your essay

An essay has to be constantly revised and embellished in order to, well, turn it into a good essay.

Today you have written an article, you can put it aside and come back tomorrow and the day after to reread a forced, change all the points that you think can be improved, but also refer to the way you like the writer's portrayal, and keep revising.