Training to Become a Better Writer, Part 2

I mentioned the Specificity Principle in an earlier post. Whatever you want to get better at, you need to do it and do it often. Want to get better at writing? Write. Want to get better at running? Run. And so on.

Another powerful principle that goes hand in hand with that is Cross-Training. In sports, this is training in a different sport other than the one the athlete competes in. Not only that, the training is complementary to the primary sport: It might train muscles that lack attenti...