Tools

One of the most important things you can do as a writer is to constantly add tools to your toolbox. What do I mean by tools? A story can be divided into several areas:

Technique Plot Characters Setting Ideas and themes

Adding new tools mean diversifying and improving your skills in these different areas.

Technique is all about the technical aspects of writing. How large is your vocabulary? How good is your punctuation? How varied and fitting is your sentence and paragraph structure? Adding...