There’s a couple of things I think are helpful when it comes to improving and keeping on top of writing – learned from my own experience as well as advice I’ve picked up from others.

Write every day is one I haven’t always followed, but know that when I do there’s a kind of muscle memory effect that kicks in such that the process of writing becomes easier the more consistently it’s carried out.

Reading every day is another good habit.

From the moment we do learn to read there’s unlikely to be many days go by where we don’t do some kind of reading – food packaging, TV listings, WhatsApp messages etc.

But what I find really works is to read books, newspapers and magazines – both fiction and non-fiction – to gain a better understanding of what works and what doesn’t, as well as simply gaining more knowledge.

Writing and reading are things I recommend doing every day.