Rudolf Flesch authored an essay "Preparation of Effective Reports"
for Industrial Engineers in the Maynard's Handbook of Industrial
Engineering,2nd Edition. He included as important four habits for
effective writing.
1. Fluency
2. Redundancy
3. Force]
4. Veracity.
In this essay, fluency is the topic of description.
Fluent
speakers are many, but fluent writers are not many. This can be because
speaking in public was much more frequent than writing for public in
olden days. But now that writing opportunities are more due to the
availability of blogs, there are opportunities to develop fluency in
writing through blogging. The universal remedy for lack of fluency is
practice. So a lack of fluency in writing can be overcome only through a
steady practice in writing. Once million words are written, one becomes
professional and starts producing a planned quantity of publishable
prose at every sitting.
To practice writing
correspondence with friends and relatives can be increased, diary can be
maintained, notes can be made on various articles and then public
writing on blogs and chat rooms can be attempted. With practice, one
does not feel nervousness which comes when one is first writing for
public and feels that public may reject his writing. Each successful
article creates more confidence in a writer and increases his fluency.
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