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Lydia Davis: Ten of My Recommendations for Good Writing Habits

Advice for writers on editing, revising, and taking notes.

Adapted from the essay “Thirty Recommendations for Good Writing Habits” in   Essays One .

The following are just my personal pieces of advice. They won’t be the same as someone else’s, and they may not fit your life or practice, but maybe you’ll pick up something useful.

1. Take notes regularly. This will sharpen both your powers of observation and your expressive ability. A productive feedback loop is established: Through the habit of taking notes, you will inevitably come to observe more; observing more, you will have more to note down. Here are some examples from my own notebooks and also from the Austrian fiction writer Peter Handke’s notebook selection entitled The Weight of the World . Other notebooks that might serve as useful models are Kafka’s and the painter Delacroix’s.

* Observe your own activity:

From my notebook:

a. “I keep hoping for a new and interesting email, and for hours now it has been the same subject line: ‘Used Kubota tractor for sale’.”

b. “I kept smelling a smell of cat pee but could not find where it was coming from, until I found the cat pee—on the tip of my very own nose!”

From Peter Handke’s notebook:

c. “Someone [a stranger] drops something and I pull my hand out of my pocket, but that’s all I do.”

* Observe your own feelings (but not at tiresome length):

a. “At the sight of a woman with enormously protuberant eyes, my irritation vanished”

b. The feeling of love, it seems, in my response to Peter Bichsel’s stories—they are loving stories. They awaken in me a feeling (love) that I am then quicker to feel in response to other things.

* Observe the behavior of others, both animal and human:

a. Little kitty crouches down and flattens her ears (in the entryway, in front of the glass door) so that she won’t be seen by the dead leaves whirling around outside.

b. Grandpa is over there under the tree working on his retractable umbrella.

c. That very handsome dark-haired and dark-eyed young man walks up and down the aisle of the train so many times to show us how nice he looks in his cream-colored summer suit and white shirt. He will continue to walk up and down until he is sure we have all seen him.

(In this case, the observation has already turned into something a little more, even as I write it, because I am adding something to it that I imagine, or can pretend I imagine, about the man.)

* Observe the weather, and be specific:

a. High wind yesterday blew women’s long hair, women’s long skirts, crowns of trees, at dinner outdoors napkins off laps, lettuce off plates, flakes of pastry off plates onto sidewalk.

Apropos of weather and precision, here is Webster ’ s Collegiate Dictionary ’s chart of the Beaufort scale—a scale in which the force of the wind is indicated by numbers from 0 to 17. This source is “just” a dictionary, but the images are vivid because of their specificity and the good clear writing in the dictionary, and because the increasing strength of the wind on the scale becomes, despite the dry, factual account, dramatic.

I have to say, as an aside, that I’m sure I learned something about writing clear and exact prose from the very precise definitions in this same dictionary, which I acquired at age 25 and consulted constantly.

* Observe other types of behavior, including that of municipalities:

From my notebook, while traveling:

a. To commemorate the St.-Cyprieux victims of the flood of 1875, the city erected . . . a fountain.

(I revised this, in the notebook: I changed the order a little to avoid a succession of prepositional phrases. My sentence originally read: To commemorate the victims in St. Cyprieux of the flood of 1875, the city erected . . . a fountain. That version may, after all, be perfectly all right, or even better.)

* Note facts

As a writer, whether you are writing fiction, non-fiction, or poetry, you must be responsible for accurate factual information about how a thing works, if you’re writing about it. You will have to be well informed about such things as the weather, biology, botany, human nature, history, technology, such matters as color spectrums and the behavior of light waves etc. etc. This means that, over time, you will learn a good deal. Here’s an example of a piece of knowledge acquired while traveling:

Question: can you figure out three reasons why trees were planted along this canal in a French city?

My answer, noted in notebook:

a. trees planted along canal for three reasons: shade for boatmen, help slow evaporation of water, hold earth in banks. Often planted at exactly equal intervals.

* Note technical/historical facts:

Here are some notes I took in the Cluny Museum in Paris, about construction methods in Ancient Rome:

a. “Courses of limestone (rows) intersected by leveling courses (bands) of horizontal bricks forming a construction named opus vittatum mixtum , [banded mixed materials], a reference to the layering techniques and to the mixing of different materials.”

b. “The floor . . . is made of Roman concrete, opus caementicium , a mix of stones and lime mortar . . . probably covered in stone slabs or mosaics.”

Important: Take notes at the time, because you will forget so much, if not everything, later—you will inevitably either forget the moment entirely, or forget a part of it, so that won’t be as complete or interesting when you do note it down.

a. Here is Samuel Johnson on the subject of travel writing: “He who has not made the experiment will scarcely believe how much a few hours take from accuracy of knowledge.”

On the subject of taking notes, I want to add one last thing, and that is about public transportation: I do a lot of writing and note-taking on trips: in airports, on airplanes, on trains. I recommend taking public transportation whenever possible. There are many good reasons to do this (one’s carbon footprint, safety, productive use of time, support of public transportation, etc.), but for a writer, here are two in particular: 1) you will write a good deal more waiting for a bus or sitting on a train than you will driving a car, or as a passenger in a car; and (2) you will be thrown in with strangers—people not of your choosing. Although I pass strangers when I’m walking on a city street, it is only while traveling on public transportation that I sit thigh to thigh with them on a subway, stare at the back of their heads waiting in line, and overhear sometimes extended conversations. It takes me out of my own limited, chosen world. Sometimes I have good, enlightening conversations with them.

2. Always work (note, write) from your own interest, never from what you think you should be noting, or writing. Trust your own interest. I have a strong interest, at the moment, in Roman building techniques, thus my notation above, taken down in the Cluny Museum in Paris. My interest may pass. But for the moment I follow it and enjoy it, not knowing where it will go.

Let your interest, and particularly what you want to write about, be tested by time, not by other people—either real other people or imagined other people.

This is why writing workshops can be a little dangerous, it should be said; even the teachers or leaders of such workshops can be a little dangerous; this is why most of your learning should be on your own. Other people are often very sure that their opinions and their judgments are correct.

3. Be mostly self-taught.

There is a great deal to be learned from programs, courses, and teachers. But I suggest working equally hard, throughout your life, at learning new things on your own, from whatever sources seem most useful to you. I have found that pursuing my own interests in various directions and to various sources of information can take me on fantastic adventures: I have stayed up till the early hours of the morning poring over old phone books; or following genealogical lines back hundreds of years; or reading a book about what lies under a certain French city; or comparing early maps of Manhattan as I search for a particular farmhouse. These adventures become as gripping as a good novel.

4. Revise notes constantly—try to develop the ability to read them as though you had never seen them before, to see how well they communicate. Constant revision, whether or not you’re going to “do” anything with what you’ve written, also teaches you to write better in the first place, when you first write something down.

I have already given some examples of revision, since it is an inveterate habit when I reread anything I’ve written. I will give more examples as I go along and explain more about the importance of this later.

5. If you take notes regularly, sitting in an airport, for example, you can “grow” a story right then and there. Revising it, you can give it a good shape and pace. Here are some notes I took sitting in an airport lounge at a table near a Starbuck’s:

a. First I copy down some dialog I hear that strikes me:

“Caramel syrup or caramel drizzle?”

“Caramel syrup or caramel drizzle?” (I look up; it is a tall slim woman with a ponytail buying the drink. She’s an airline employee in the Starbuck’s line.)

Long pause for deliberation.

“I’ll take the drizzle.”

(I see her now from behind, over there, her blond ponytail and sticking-out ears, drinking her caramel drizzle. As she deliberated, I was deciding that drizzle was a smaller amount of caramel than “syrup” even though “syrup” must be involved in the “drizzle.”)

Later, she walks away with another airline employee, the empty cup in her hand, the caramel drizzle inside her.

And then she turns out to be the attendant on our flight—her name is Shannon—so her caramel drizzle will also be going to Chicago with us.

In between my observations of the flight attendant, there were other notes, first a comment about something I had experienced trying to learn Dutch, and then another people observation, as follows:

b. Stout, cheerful, rather dandyish man dressed in preppy clothes—tweed jacket, bow tie, loafers, etc.—starts off down the airport corridor in pursuit of a boy of six or seven in camouflage clothes who was galloping away. Stout man calls cheerfully back to woman at table, who is evidently boy’s mother: “James and I are going potty!”

Then I go back to observing the stewardess.

6. Taking notes as you sit outside at a cafe table, you can also begin to develop a poem. This is the same wind as before, at the same cafe table. I did not write it to be a poem, but later I look at it, and it almost reads as one:

a. In the wind, the grass is bowing and the Queen Anne’s lace is nodding.

Now, as though blown by the wind, come the runners in the footrace.

Here is how the revision worked: originally I did not have “In the wind” at the beginning. I was sitting there in the wind, I knew it was windy, I knew why the grass and the Queen Anne’s lace were bowing and nodding. But when I read it over with fresh eyes, I could see that I needed to say the wind was blowing, otherwise the reader might hesitate or take time figuring out why the grass and flowers were moving. You want the impact of what you write to be unobstructed ; you don’t want confusion or hesitation in the reader’s mind.

I say “the reader” for convenience, by the way. The fact is that when I revise in my notebook, I’m revising for the sake of the piece itself, to make it work. I’m not thinking about any reader. I may never do any more with it than leave it in the notebook.

7. Another advantage of revising constantly, regardless of whether you’re ever going to “use” what you’ve written, is that you practice, constantly, reading with fresh eyes, reading as the person coming fresh to this, never having seen it before. This is a very important skill to develop, and one that probably develops only with time and practice (although some people recommend various tricks, such as printing different drafts of your work in different fonts).

Another way to see your work freshly is to leave it alone and come back to it after time has passed. I will quite often begin a piece of writing, even hastily, getting a few lines or sentences down, with a title, and then leave it and work on other things, and sometimes I leave it for so long—weeks or months—that when I see the title again I wonder what it is, and even when I read it I don’t recognize it, having completely forgotten it existed.

8. Sentences or ideas reported from reality out of context can be wonderful. But then, when and if you use them in a piece of finished writing, beware of how much context you give them.

Context can mean explanation, exposition. And too much of it can take away all the interest that the material originally had. Here are some more notes, effective alone, without context, less effective with context:

More notebook entries:

a: “When he was in his sixties, he often seemed tired of life.” (from Wikipedia article about the Dutch painter Willem Maris)

b. “Another of Tennyson’s brothers, Edward Tennyson, was institutionalized at a private asylum, where he was deemed dead.” (from Wikipedia article on Tennyson)

c. Alas I’m in Denver” (email)

d: “I can always get someone to open a window in Paris.” (email from schoolmate about learning French)

e. “The children at The Children’s Center are interested in building a castle.” (email)

In this last example, part of the vividness of the entry is the language: the repetition of “children”and then the word “interested”, which somehow seems incongruous to the behavior of children. And then the picture conjured up by children building a (real) castle. This would not have been as striking if the situation as a whole had been more fully explained and the language had been slightly changed, thus: “The children at the daycare center want to build a castle out of blocks.”)

f. “I need a plumber.” (email)

9. Go to primary sources and go to the great works to learn technique. This was the advice of Matsuo Basho, the 17th-c. Japanese master of the haiku.

Read the best writers: maybe it would help to set a goal of one classic per year at least. Classics have stood the test of time, as we say. Keep trying them, if you don’t like them at first—come back to them. I tried Joyce’s Ulysses three times before I read it all the way through. (It helped that I was living in Ireland at the time, where I saw Joycean and Beckettian characters all around me.) I haven’t yet read Don Quixote , but I think I’ll actually enjoy it.

10. How should you read? What should the diet of your reading be? Read the best writers from all different periods; keep your reading of contemporaries in proportion—you do not want a steady diet of contemporary literature. You already belong to your time.

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Adapted from the essay “Thirty Recommendations for Good Writing Habits” in Essays One by Lydia Davis. Reprinted with the permission of the publisher, Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Copyright © 2019 by Lydia Davis.

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Good Habits Essay

Good habits are the most important in our life . They are mostly instilled in us in childhood and stay with us until the end. There are several benefits of adopting healthy habits. Here are a few sample essays on good habits.

100 Words Essay On Good Habits

You become the person you want to be with good habits . Good habits facilitate successful behaviour. Good habits are appreciated around the world. Everyone loves and respects you when you have good habits. Establishing good habits in your routine can help you learn self-control. It is crucial for developing a positive social reputation, and adopting good habits helps in that. Healthy routines can raise your standard of living, and good habits are important for adopting healthy routines and behaviours that put you in good shape—both mentally and physically. The secret to happiness is a healthy habit. A positive habit attracts a positive environment and a positive companion.

200 Words Essay On Good Habits

It's crucial to have good habits if you want to succeed in life. A person with good habits advances steadily in all areas of their life— studying, working, and personal . On the other hand, a person with terrible habits will eventually lose their triumphs in life, regardless of how talented they are. Success in life depends on having good habits. They are advantageous to both the owner and others in addition to themselves. The following are the good habits that are necessary for a successful existence—

Rising and going to bed early.

Always be considerate and polite to others.

Showing courtesy to friends, instructors, and elders.

Being with a good group of people.

Being consistent studying and reading.

Exercising discipline during studying.

Benefits Of Adopting Good Habits

These are some advantages of having healthy daily habits:.

Assist you in achieving your goals and aspirations.

Make lifelong, dependable friends.

You gain more respect from your loved ones, your peers, and society as a whole.

Your life will be better if you develop good habits.

You increase your output and achieve success.

You win the respect of those willing to assist you in times of need.

For both success and advancement in daily life, good habits are necessary. You won't have much to stress and worry about if you develop excellent habits and adhere to them consistently.

500 words essay on good habits

In many respects, having good habits is important in life. Regardless of age, everyone should care about it. Good habits are just as important for children as they are for adults. Your social life and your accomplishments are built on good habits.

Good habits typically refer to your moral behaviour and way of life. It is how you interact with and treat other people. Being thoughtful and courteous to others is regarded as a positive habit. You have good social habits if you greet people with a smile and treat them respectfully. In addition to having good social habits, it's important to take care of your environment and yourself. Always keeping your surroundings tidy is regarded as a positive habit.

Similarly to this, it is a good practice to keep your room neat and organised. Some beneficial habits include not littering, trimming your nails occasionally, and brushing your teeth twice a day.

Significance Of Adopting Good Habits

Due to their many benefits, adopting good habits are crucial in life. They have some influence on our social and personal life as well as the lives of others. Some of the significance of healthy habits are described below, along with an explanation of how they help us.

Guarantees good health | Personal hygiene practices that are good for you are essential to maintaining your health and protecting you from illnesses. Regular hand washing, tooth brushing, and wearing clean clothes are a few beneficial practices that will protect you from illnesses and infections.

More favourable Social Recognition | Everyone respects and loves someone with good habits. You will make new acquaintances if you are well-groomed and courteous. Such a person is revered in society at all times and remembered or contacted on any given occasion. If you have good habits, people will associate with you without hesitation.

It makes life worth living | Good habits improve your life and increase its value. You will get more well-known, acknowledged, and promoted in many circles, which is valuable. You will succeed to the fullest extent in anything you pursue. Your life will be valuable to you and those around you, including your family, friends, relatives, and coworkers.

Enables productivity | Your life is more productive when you have good routines. This impacts your health and sense of self-worth. If you have healthy habits, you'll not only feel good about yourself, but you'll also give your all at work. Additionally, you will receive assistance from outside sources.

Ensures Your Success | There are multiple ways that good habits may help you thrive in life. If you have good manners, people are more than willing to assist you, including coworkers, friends, and family. Your boss will support you and respect you as you overcome obstacles. Over time, all the wonderful things in your life contribute to your success.

Good habits are crucial to advance in life and leave a positive legacy. They are the most priceless possession a person can have. Money and material goods might be lost, but if your habits are good, you can get them back with work and the help of friends and family.

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The field of biomedical engineering opens up a universe of expert chances. An Individual in the biomedical engineering career path work in the field of engineering as well as medicine, in order to find out solutions to common problems of the two fields. The biomedical engineering job opportunities are to collaborate with doctors and researchers to develop medical systems, equipment, or devices that can solve clinical problems. Here we will be discussing jobs after biomedical engineering, how to get a job in biomedical engineering, biomedical engineering scope, and salary. 

Ethical Hacker

A career as ethical hacker involves various challenges and provides lucrative opportunities in the digital era where every giant business and startup owns its cyberspace on the world wide web. Individuals in the ethical hacker career path try to find the vulnerabilities in the cyber system to get its authority. If he or she succeeds in it then he or she gets its illegal authority. Individuals in the ethical hacker career path then steal information or delete the file that could affect the business, functioning, or services of the organization.

GIS officer work on various GIS software to conduct a study and gather spatial and non-spatial information. GIS experts update the GIS data and maintain it. The databases include aerial or satellite imagery, latitudinal and longitudinal coordinates, and manually digitized images of maps. In a career as GIS expert, one is responsible for creating online and mobile maps.

Data Analyst

The invention of the database has given fresh breath to the people involved in the data analytics career path. Analysis refers to splitting up a whole into its individual components for individual analysis. Data analysis is a method through which raw data are processed and transformed into information that would be beneficial for user strategic thinking.

Data are collected and examined to respond to questions, evaluate hypotheses or contradict theories. It is a tool for analyzing, transforming, modeling, and arranging data with useful knowledge, to assist in decision-making and methods, encompassing various strategies, and is used in different fields of business, research, and social science.

Geothermal Engineer

Individuals who opt for a career as geothermal engineers are the professionals involved in the processing of geothermal energy. The responsibilities of geothermal engineers may vary depending on the workplace location. Those who work in fields design facilities to process and distribute geothermal energy. They oversee the functioning of machinery used in the field.

Database Architect

If you are intrigued by the programming world and are interested in developing communications networks then a career as database architect may be a good option for you. Data architect roles and responsibilities include building design models for data communication networks. Wide Area Networks (WANs), local area networks (LANs), and intranets are included in the database networks. It is expected that database architects will have in-depth knowledge of a company's business to develop a network to fulfil the requirements of the organisation. Stay tuned as we look at the larger picture and give you more information on what is db architecture, why you should pursue database architecture, what to expect from such a degree and what your job opportunities will be after graduation. Here, we will be discussing how to become a data architect. Students can visit NIT Trichy , IIT Kharagpur , JMI New Delhi . 

Remote Sensing Technician

Individuals who opt for a career as a remote sensing technician possess unique personalities. Remote sensing analysts seem to be rational human beings, they are strong, independent, persistent, sincere, realistic and resourceful. Some of them are analytical as well, which means they are intelligent, introspective and inquisitive. 

Remote sensing scientists use remote sensing technology to support scientists in fields such as community planning, flight planning or the management of natural resources. Analysing data collected from aircraft, satellites or ground-based platforms using statistical analysis software, image analysis software or Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a significant part of their work. Do you want to learn how to become remote sensing technician? There's no need to be concerned; we've devised a simple remote sensing technician career path for you. Scroll through the pages and read.

Budget Analyst

Budget analysis, in a nutshell, entails thoroughly analyzing the details of a financial budget. The budget analysis aims to better understand and manage revenue. Budget analysts assist in the achievement of financial targets, the preservation of profitability, and the pursuit of long-term growth for a business. Budget analysts generally have a bachelor's degree in accounting, finance, economics, or a closely related field. Knowledge of Financial Management is of prime importance in this career.

Underwriter

An underwriter is a person who assesses and evaluates the risk of insurance in his or her field like mortgage, loan, health policy, investment, and so on and so forth. The underwriter career path does involve risks as analysing the risks means finding out if there is a way for the insurance underwriter jobs to recover the money from its clients. If the risk turns out to be too much for the company then in the future it is an underwriter who will be held accountable for it. Therefore, one must carry out his or her job with a lot of attention and diligence.

Finance Executive

Product manager.

A Product Manager is a professional responsible for product planning and marketing. He or she manages the product throughout the Product Life Cycle, gathering and prioritising the product. A product manager job description includes defining the product vision and working closely with team members of other departments to deliver winning products.  

Operations Manager

Individuals in the operations manager jobs are responsible for ensuring the efficiency of each department to acquire its optimal goal. They plan the use of resources and distribution of materials. The operations manager's job description includes managing budgets, negotiating contracts, and performing administrative tasks.

Stock Analyst

Individuals who opt for a career as a stock analyst examine the company's investments makes decisions and keep track of financial securities. The nature of such investments will differ from one business to the next. Individuals in the stock analyst career use data mining to forecast a company's profits and revenues, advise clients on whether to buy or sell, participate in seminars, and discussing financial matters with executives and evaluate annual reports.

A Researcher is a professional who is responsible for collecting data and information by reviewing the literature and conducting experiments and surveys. He or she uses various methodological processes to provide accurate data and information that is utilised by academicians and other industry professionals. Here, we will discuss what is a researcher, the researcher's salary, types of researchers.

Welding Engineer

Welding Engineer Job Description: A Welding Engineer work involves managing welding projects and supervising welding teams. He or she is responsible for reviewing welding procedures, processes and documentation. A career as Welding Engineer involves conducting failure analyses and causes on welding issues. 

Transportation Planner

A career as Transportation Planner requires technical application of science and technology in engineering, particularly the concepts, equipment and technologies involved in the production of products and services. In fields like land use, infrastructure review, ecological standards and street design, he or she considers issues of health, environment and performance. A Transportation Planner assigns resources for implementing and designing programmes. He or she is responsible for assessing needs, preparing plans and forecasts and compliance with regulations.

Environmental Engineer

Individuals who opt for a career as an environmental engineer are construction professionals who utilise the skills and knowledge of biology, soil science, chemistry and the concept of engineering to design and develop projects that serve as solutions to various environmental problems. 

Safety Manager

A Safety Manager is a professional responsible for employee’s safety at work. He or she plans, implements and oversees the company’s employee safety. A Safety Manager ensures compliance and adherence to Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) guidelines.

Conservation Architect

A Conservation Architect is a professional responsible for conserving and restoring buildings or monuments having a historic value. He or she applies techniques to document and stabilise the object’s state without any further damage. A Conservation Architect restores the monuments and heritage buildings to bring them back to their original state.

Structural Engineer

A Structural Engineer designs buildings, bridges, and other related structures. He or she analyzes the structures and makes sure the structures are strong enough to be used by the people. A career as a Structural Engineer requires working in the construction process. It comes under the civil engineering discipline. A Structure Engineer creates structural models with the help of computer-aided design software. 

Highway Engineer

Highway Engineer Job Description:  A Highway Engineer is a civil engineer who specialises in planning and building thousands of miles of roads that support connectivity and allow transportation across the country. He or she ensures that traffic management schemes are effectively planned concerning economic sustainability and successful implementation.

Field Surveyor

Are you searching for a Field Surveyor Job Description? A Field Surveyor is a professional responsible for conducting field surveys for various places or geographical conditions. He or she collects the required data and information as per the instructions given by senior officials. 

Orthotist and Prosthetist

Orthotists and Prosthetists are professionals who provide aid to patients with disabilities. They fix them to artificial limbs (prosthetics) and help them to regain stability. There are times when people lose their limbs in an accident. In some other occasions, they are born without a limb or orthopaedic impairment. Orthotists and prosthetists play a crucial role in their lives with fixing them to assistive devices and provide mobility.

Pathologist

A career in pathology in India is filled with several responsibilities as it is a medical branch and affects human lives. The demand for pathologists has been increasing over the past few years as people are getting more aware of different diseases. Not only that, but an increase in population and lifestyle changes have also contributed to the increase in a pathologist’s demand. The pathology careers provide an extremely huge number of opportunities and if you want to be a part of the medical field you can consider being a pathologist. If you want to know more about a career in pathology in India then continue reading this article.

Veterinary Doctor

Speech therapist, gynaecologist.

Gynaecology can be defined as the study of the female body. The job outlook for gynaecology is excellent since there is evergreen demand for one because of their responsibility of dealing with not only women’s health but also fertility and pregnancy issues. Although most women prefer to have a women obstetrician gynaecologist as their doctor, men also explore a career as a gynaecologist and there are ample amounts of male doctors in the field who are gynaecologists and aid women during delivery and childbirth. 

Audiologist

The audiologist career involves audiology professionals who are responsible to treat hearing loss and proactively preventing the relevant damage. Individuals who opt for a career as an audiologist use various testing strategies with the aim to determine if someone has a normal sensitivity to sounds or not. After the identification of hearing loss, a hearing doctor is required to determine which sections of the hearing are affected, to what extent they are affected, and where the wound causing the hearing loss is found. As soon as the hearing loss is identified, the patients are provided with recommendations for interventions and rehabilitation such as hearing aids, cochlear implants, and appropriate medical referrals. While audiology is a branch of science that studies and researches hearing, balance, and related disorders.

An oncologist is a specialised doctor responsible for providing medical care to patients diagnosed with cancer. He or she uses several therapies to control the cancer and its effect on the human body such as chemotherapy, immunotherapy, radiation therapy and biopsy. An oncologist designs a treatment plan based on a pathology report after diagnosing the type of cancer and where it is spreading inside the body.

Are you searching for an ‘Anatomist job description’? An Anatomist is a research professional who applies the laws of biological science to determine the ability of bodies of various living organisms including animals and humans to regenerate the damaged or destroyed organs. If you want to know what does an anatomist do, then read the entire article, where we will answer all your questions.

For an individual who opts for a career as an actor, the primary responsibility is to completely speak to the character he or she is playing and to persuade the crowd that the character is genuine by connecting with them and bringing them into the story. This applies to significant roles and littler parts, as all roles join to make an effective creation. Here in this article, we will discuss how to become an actor in India, actor exams, actor salary in India, and actor jobs. 

Individuals who opt for a career as acrobats create and direct original routines for themselves, in addition to developing interpretations of existing routines. The work of circus acrobats can be seen in a variety of performance settings, including circus, reality shows, sports events like the Olympics, movies and commercials. Individuals who opt for a career as acrobats must be prepared to face rejections and intermittent periods of work. The creativity of acrobats may extend to other aspects of the performance. For example, acrobats in the circus may work with gym trainers, celebrities or collaborate with other professionals to enhance such performance elements as costume and or maybe at the teaching end of the career.

Video Game Designer

Career as a video game designer is filled with excitement as well as responsibilities. A video game designer is someone who is involved in the process of creating a game from day one. He or she is responsible for fulfilling duties like designing the character of the game, the several levels involved, plot, art and similar other elements. Individuals who opt for a career as a video game designer may also write the codes for the game using different programming languages.

Depending on the video game designer job description and experience they may also have to lead a team and do the early testing of the game in order to suggest changes and find loopholes.

Radio Jockey

Radio Jockey is an exciting, promising career and a great challenge for music lovers. If you are really interested in a career as radio jockey, then it is very important for an RJ to have an automatic, fun, and friendly personality. If you want to get a job done in this field, a strong command of the language and a good voice are always good things. Apart from this, in order to be a good radio jockey, you will also listen to good radio jockeys so that you can understand their style and later make your own by practicing.

A career as radio jockey has a lot to offer to deserving candidates. If you want to know more about a career as radio jockey, and how to become a radio jockey then continue reading the article.

Choreographer

The word “choreography" actually comes from Greek words that mean “dance writing." Individuals who opt for a career as a choreographer create and direct original dances, in addition to developing interpretations of existing dances. A Choreographer dances and utilises his or her creativity in other aspects of dance performance. For example, he or she may work with the music director to select music or collaborate with other famous choreographers to enhance such performance elements as lighting, costume and set design.

Social Media Manager

A career as social media manager involves implementing the company’s or brand’s marketing plan across all social media channels. Social media managers help in building or improving a brand’s or a company’s website traffic, build brand awareness, create and implement marketing and brand strategy. Social media managers are key to important social communication as well.

Photographer

Photography is considered both a science and an art, an artistic means of expression in which the camera replaces the pen. In a career as a photographer, an individual is hired to capture the moments of public and private events, such as press conferences or weddings, or may also work inside a studio, where people go to get their picture clicked. Photography is divided into many streams each generating numerous career opportunities in photography. With the boom in advertising, media, and the fashion industry, photography has emerged as a lucrative and thrilling career option for many Indian youths.

An individual who is pursuing a career as a producer is responsible for managing the business aspects of production. They are involved in each aspect of production from its inception to deception. Famous movie producers review the script, recommend changes and visualise the story. 

They are responsible for overseeing the finance involved in the project and distributing the film for broadcasting on various platforms. A career as a producer is quite fulfilling as well as exhaustive in terms of playing different roles in order for a production to be successful. Famous movie producers are responsible for hiring creative and technical personnel on contract basis.

Copy Writer

In a career as a copywriter, one has to consult with the client and understand the brief well. A career as a copywriter has a lot to offer to deserving candidates. Several new mediums of advertising are opening therefore making it a lucrative career choice. Students can pursue various copywriter courses such as Journalism , Advertising , Marketing Management . Here, we have discussed how to become a freelance copywriter, copywriter career path, how to become a copywriter in India, and copywriting career outlook. 

In a career as a vlogger, one generally works for himself or herself. However, once an individual has gained viewership there are several brands and companies that approach them for paid collaboration. It is one of those fields where an individual can earn well while following his or her passion. 

Ever since internet costs got reduced the viewership for these types of content has increased on a large scale. Therefore, a career as a vlogger has a lot to offer. If you want to know more about the Vlogger eligibility, roles and responsibilities then continue reading the article. 

For publishing books, newspapers, magazines and digital material, editorial and commercial strategies are set by publishers. Individuals in publishing career paths make choices about the markets their businesses will reach and the type of content that their audience will be served. Individuals in book publisher careers collaborate with editorial staff, designers, authors, and freelance contributors who develop and manage the creation of content.

Careers in journalism are filled with excitement as well as responsibilities. One cannot afford to miss out on the details. As it is the small details that provide insights into a story. Depending on those insights a journalist goes about writing a news article. A journalism career can be stressful at times but if you are someone who is passionate about it then it is the right choice for you. If you want to know more about the media field and journalist career then continue reading this article.

Individuals in the editor career path is an unsung hero of the news industry who polishes the language of the news stories provided by stringers, reporters, copywriters and content writers and also news agencies. Individuals who opt for a career as an editor make it more persuasive, concise and clear for readers. In this article, we will discuss the details of the editor's career path such as how to become an editor in India, editor salary in India and editor skills and qualities.

Individuals who opt for a career as a reporter may often be at work on national holidays and festivities. He or she pitches various story ideas and covers news stories in risky situations. Students can pursue a BMC (Bachelor of Mass Communication) , B.M.M. (Bachelor of Mass Media) , or  MAJMC (MA in Journalism and Mass Communication) to become a reporter. While we sit at home reporters travel to locations to collect information that carries a news value.  

Corporate Executive

Are you searching for a Corporate Executive job description? A Corporate Executive role comes with administrative duties. He or she provides support to the leadership of the organisation. A Corporate Executive fulfils the business purpose and ensures its financial stability. In this article, we are going to discuss how to become corporate executive.

Multimedia Specialist

A multimedia specialist is a media professional who creates, audio, videos, graphic image files, computer animations for multimedia applications. He or she is responsible for planning, producing, and maintaining websites and applications. 

Quality Controller

A quality controller plays a crucial role in an organisation. He or she is responsible for performing quality checks on manufactured products. He or she identifies the defects in a product and rejects the product. 

A quality controller records detailed information about products with defects and sends it to the supervisor or plant manager to take necessary actions to improve the production process.

Production Manager

A QA Lead is in charge of the QA Team. The role of QA Lead comes with the responsibility of assessing services and products in order to determine that he or she meets the quality standards. He or she develops, implements and manages test plans. 

Process Development Engineer

The Process Development Engineers design, implement, manufacture, mine, and other production systems using technical knowledge and expertise in the industry. They use computer modeling software to test technologies and machinery. An individual who is opting career as Process Development Engineer is responsible for developing cost-effective and efficient processes. They also monitor the production process and ensure it functions smoothly and efficiently.

AWS Solution Architect

An AWS Solution Architect is someone who specializes in developing and implementing cloud computing systems. He or she has a good understanding of the various aspects of cloud computing and can confidently deploy and manage their systems. He or she troubleshoots the issues and evaluates the risk from the third party. 

Azure Administrator

An Azure Administrator is a professional responsible for implementing, monitoring, and maintaining Azure Solutions. He or she manages cloud infrastructure service instances and various cloud servers as well as sets up public and private cloud systems. 

Computer Programmer

Careers in computer programming primarily refer to the systematic act of writing code and moreover include wider computer science areas. The word 'programmer' or 'coder' has entered into practice with the growing number of newly self-taught tech enthusiasts. Computer programming careers involve the use of designs created by software developers and engineers and transforming them into commands that can be implemented by computers. These commands result in regular usage of social media sites, word-processing applications and browsers.

Information Security Manager

Individuals in the information security manager career path involves in overseeing and controlling all aspects of computer security. The IT security manager job description includes planning and carrying out security measures to protect the business data and information from corruption, theft, unauthorised access, and deliberate attack 

ITSM Manager

Automation test engineer.

An Automation Test Engineer job involves executing automated test scripts. He or she identifies the project’s problems and troubleshoots them. The role involves documenting the defect using management tools. He or she works with the application team in order to resolve any issues arising during the testing process. 

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7 Writing Habits Of Highly Successful Writers

Discover the 7 writing habits of highly successful writers. They’re easy to apply if you want to become more prolific.

So you love writing. You’re committed to developing your writing voice, improving your skills, and working steadily on your craft. But, sometimes, you want to pull out your hair after a day’s writing.

If only you could figure out what successful writers do every day and then use this insight to improve your craft and learn how to become a writer.

Because many successful writers are inaccessible (or they’ve passed on). The good news is that you can still learn from them if you do the work. All you have to do is emulate their writing habits.

In this post, I’ll explain the 7 writing habits of highly successful writers. I’ll also explain how you can cultivate these habits using practical writing tips. They work for short stories, blogging, fiction, and non-fiction.

How To Cultivate This Writing Habit

The final word on creating good writing habits, what are some examples of writing habits, how many hours a day do authors write, what are some bad writing habits, how can i develop my writing habits, what are stephen king’s writing habits, what can alter a person’s writing habits, cultivating atomic writing habits with james clear.

1. Keep an Orderly Daily Routine

Following a consistent daily routine means a writer is more likely to find time to write because they are less prone to unplanned interruptions and life events.

The creative process is messy, unordered, and demanding, but you’ll find it harder to organize your writing if your life outside the blank page is chaotic.

The writer George Flaubert argued an orderly daily routine is all writers need to create. He said:

“Be regular and orderly in your life, so you may be violent and original in your work.”

For many writers (particularly new ones), being regular and orderly means keeping a job . When you sit down to write, the last thing on your mind should be paying the bills. If the prospects of an orderly routine fill you with boredom, consider T.S. Elliot.

Working with numbers is anathema for most writers, but British poet T.S. Elliot worked in Lloyds bank in the UK and wrote his poetry outside of work.

Until your writing is earning you a decent income, don’t quit your job . That way, you can experiment with different genres or niches.

Instead, create on the margins of the day by either getting up early or writing after work. Dedicate time to the creative process, free from email, the news, and social media.

I usually start the day with a cup of coffee or tea and write the first draft for at least thirty minutes without interruption.

That said, if you’d rather not hold down a job unrelated to creative work, check out our guide to the best writing jobs .

2. Write Every Day

Successful writers sit down in front of the blank page every day , not just on weekends or when inspiration strikes. They do the work because writing is their job, not just a hobby.

Consider Anthony Trollope. This 19th-century English author produced an astonishing 47 novels during his career; two dozen were published while he worked in the General Post Office. According to Mason Currey , Trollope said about writing every day:

“All those I think who has lived as literary men, – working daily as literary labourers, – will agree with me that three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.”

If Trollope completed a novel during his three-hour writing session, he immediately took out a blank sheet of paper and started writing a new one.

Writing three hours a day is a tall order if you’ve never attempted it. As with any new habit, start small.

Start by writing for 15 minutes today and 15 minutes tomorrow. The following week, write every day for 30 minutes. And so on.

If you falter, set the alarm on your phone to remind yourself about your writing schedule. Consistency is vital if you want to become a better writer.

Do this until you create a writing routine that sticks. I also recommend tracking your word count during these sessions to evaluate your progress.

3. Leave Yourself Subtle Writing Prompts

Prolific writers know how important it is to get going quickly and efficiently. They leave themselves subtle prompts that simplify picking up from the previous day’s work.

Ernest Hemingway famously stopped writing in the middle of a sentence so he’d know exactly where to resume the following day.

The American novelist Henry Miller was also a big believer in stopping before he ran out of ideas. He said:

“I don’t believe in draining the reservoir, do you see? I believe in getting up from the typewriter, away from it, while I still have still things to say.”

Buy a packet of index cards or Post-It notes. When you’re finished for the day, write on a single index card or Post-It about what you want to work on tomorrow.

Now, stick this on your writing desk . This writing habit will also help you overcome writer’s block as you’ll have a visual reminder about where to start.

4. Embrace Research

Research is a vital part of the writing process, and a writer’s inputs inform what they produce.

I struggled to accept research as part of the non-fiction writing process for a long time.

I told myself research was a distraction from doing the work of putting one word after another on the blank page.

Now, I know better. The contemporary non-fiction writer Robert Greene spends hundreds of hours researching books like Mastery and The 48 Laws of Power .

Greene typically reads 300–400 books about a particular topic. He annotates what he reads and translates his notes to a trusted system for organizing his ideas. In this Reddit AMA , he said:

“I read a book, very carefully, writing on the margins with all kinds of notes. A few weeks later I return to the book, and transfer my scribbles onto note cards , each card representing an important theme in the book.”

Review your calendar and block part of your creative time for writing and another part for research.

If you’re worried about getting stuck and endlessly researching your work, set a hard deadline for when you’ll stop researching and start writing.

5. Work Without Distraction

lone are triggers for deep thinking that supports the creative process.

Perhaps, this explains why pictures of writers’ offices and workspaces are so popular with other writers and creative people?

The American novelist behind Freedom and the Corrections seeks solitude by disconnecting himself from the internet. During a book tour for his 2012 novel Freedom , Jonathan Franzen told a journalist he wanted to write more each day.

So, he physically removed his Wi-Fi card from his computer and permanently blocked his machine’s ethernet connection with Super Glue.

Create a place where you can work uninterrupted on your ideas for at least an hour at a time. This could be a small room in your house or apartment, a quiet table in your local favorite coffee shop, or a seat at the back of the train where you can sit and write wearing noise-cancelling headphones.

The location is less important than having a place your brain associates with writing at length without interruption. When this happens, you’re less likely to face problems like procrastination.

6. Keep Strong and Healthy

Sitting at a desk, hunched over an old manuscript or keyboard for hours at a time isn’t good for your physical health, and writing in pain isn’t conducive to creativity.

Successful writers go to great lengths to keep themselves physically healthy so they have the strength to come up with new and better ideas.

The British writer Charles Dickens was a prolific walker . On a given day, Dickens walked 12 or more miles around Kent or through the streets of Victorian London. He used many moments from these walks as inspiration for his novels. Critic G.K Chesterton writes in Charles Dickens: A Critical Study:

“There are details in Dickens’ descriptions—a window, or a railing, or the keyhole of a door—which he endows with demoniac life. The things seem more actual than things really are,”

Keep a pair of trainers beside where you write as a visual reminder to exercise. Activities like walking and running will help you sleep better and give you more energy to write tomorrow.

I also like sit-ups and push-ups as they get the blood flowing if I’ve spent an hour or two sitting at a writing desk. If you exercise for several days, reward yourself with a healthy treat.

To learn more, check out our guide discussing the link between exercise and creativity .

7. Write Even When You’re Not Inspired

Even if you don’t feel like you have a good idea, write it down anyway. Accomplished writers are meticulous about recording thoughts throughout the day.

Mark Twain carried a pocket notebook with him for his ideas. Thomas Jefferson jotted down notes about everything from the growth of plants and flowers to observations about daily life. Even George Lucas keeps a notebook with him while shooting a film.

My favorite story about a writer who made it a point to write things down involves the children’s author, Roald Dahl.

One day, Dahl found himself stuck in traffic. Suddenly, he thought of a breakthrough for a story he was working on. Having no notepad or pen, he grew afraid he’d forget his idea before getting home.

So, Dahl got out of the car, and with his finger, he wrote the word ‘chocolate’ into the dirt on his vehicle. This idea later became Charlie and the Chocolate Factory . Dahl said about his ideas:

“You work it out and play around with it. You doodle… you make notes… it grows, it grows…”

Commit to writing down 5–10 ideas (it doesn’t matter how outlandish) in a notebook you carry around every day.

You can use digital tools like an app on your smartphone or buy a small notebook that fits in your pocket. Before your next writing session, read back on these notes for inspiration.

If you’ve been writing for a while, you’ll recognize these 7 habits as proven writing advice. That shouldn’t come as a surprise.

Becoming a successful writer doesn’t mean discovering a great secret. Instead, walk the path of the literary betters who came before you.

Do what they do, and you’ll discover how they built a writing career to envy. Then, you’ll be able to use this new insight into your creative life to improve the quality of your writing and strike out on your own.

Want more? Check out our guide to the qualities of successful writers .

Writing Habits FAQs

Some famous examples include writing in the same place or at the same time every day while listening to a particular type of music or ambient noise. More unique examples include writing while drinking tea or coffee from the same cup or wearing specific clothes while writing.

Highly-prolific authors like Dan Brown and Danielle Steele write for a minimum of three or four hours a day. They start early, usually before dawn. Other writers care less about the time they spend writing and more about what they write.

Writing and editing simultaneously, while multi-tasking and writing without the help of an editor are all examples of bad writing habits. They’ll slow down your progress towards a finished manuscript. More specific examples of bad writing habits include overusing adjectives or adverbs and writing in the passive voice .

You can develop your writing habits by starting small. Identify a place where you’ll write consistently. Turn up at the same time each day and write for a set amount of time or aim for a target word count. Get into the habit of sharing your drafts with other readers or an editor for critical feedback.

Stephen King tasks himself with writing two thousand words a day or more. He writes from eight onwards, usually up until 13.30. King listens to music while writing and enjoys bands like Metallica and Anthrax. He works with his phone and internet access turned off.

After a productive morning writing session, King naps. He spends his free time reading, catching up with family and watching Red Sox games. This daily writing habit has enabled him to write over 61 novels and 200 short stories.

A person’s writing habits are dictated by energy, time available to write, location and environmental triggers. For example, a bad migraine could derail even a prolific writer with a solid worth ethic. On the other hand, writing in an environment conducive to deep work, like a library of coffee, should enable more effective writing habits.

James Clear is the New York Times best-selling author of Atomic Habits . He also coaches readers (and even writers) on how to succeed in their personal and professional lives by reaping the rewards of smart daily decisions.

In this podcast episode,  Clear explains:

• How to use effective habits to write a book
• The value of writing just one page a day
• His process for coming up with book titles like Atomic Habits
• How writing two articles a week helped him build a business and write a New York Times best-selling book

We cover lots more. If you like this article, you’ll enjoy our companion piece A Habit Expert Reveals How To Finally Find Success At Work

Bryan Collins is the owner of Become a Writer Today. He's an author from Ireland who helps writers build authority and earn a living from their creative work. He's also a former Forbes columnist and his work has appeared in publications like Lifehacker and Fast Company.

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Developing effective writing habits.

In this module, you’ll learn how to overcome the barriers that keep you from finishing—or starting—a writing project, and how to develop a writing routine. With a few of these tools under your belt, you’ll be ready to form a writing habit that saves you time and maximizes your productivity.

We imagine prolific writers as geniuses who, struck by an idea, simply begin to write and, with very little effort, produce a finished product. Nothing could be further from the truth. Instead, prolific and skilled writers have developed writing habits that help them take charge of the writing process.

Make writing a habit

When you make writing a regular part of your life, it becomes much less of a burden. When writing becomes part of your routine, you’ll start getting more done in less time; thus your writing becomes more automatic, fluid, and natural.

Identify and overcome writing obstacles

When you have a writing project with an approaching deadline, you may suddenly decide to do more reading, check your email, or start a load of laundry . . . instead of sitting down to write. In effect, you’ve basically decided to procrastinate.

Procrastination is not an obstacle but a manifestation of a writing block. While nearly every writer is aware of procrastination, far fewer writers know about the different types of obstacles that are at procrastination’s root.

Writing obstacles include (a) lack of confidence, (b) distaste for writing, or (c) a lack of time. These three top obstacles have one thing in common: Once they’re identified as productivity blocks, they can be directly confronted and overcome.

^ identified by psychologist Robert Boice, Professors as Writers: A Self-Help Guide to Productive Writing. Stillwater, OK: New Forums Press, 1990. PP 20-22.

A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word on paper. —E.B. White

Writing Obstacle 1: Lack of confidence

Writers who lack confidence worry they don’t have the skills necessary to make a contribution to their field or they haven’t correctly analyzed their data, so their conclusion must either not be worthwhile or simply wrong. This is similar to the impostor syndrome: the belief they aren’t good enough to succeed, or they’ve deceived themselves or others about their ability to succeed. Additionally, telling yourself that you’re “not a good writer” is also counterproductive.

Strategy: Counter negative self-talk

Self-talk is about remaining confident in your skills and addressing any negative thoughts about your abilities. When your negative voice emerges, recognize it and gently self-correct. Counter those feelings with an affirmation about your abilities: You’re in graduate school because you are smart enough. You can learn to write well. From there, take one task at a time (if you’re overwhelmed by a number of tasks, it’s difficult to make headway). A checklist helps build confidence in your abilities to continue making progress. Source: thewritepractice.com/self-talk

Strategy: Form a writing group

Writing groups help you gain confidence by providing feedback, receiving encouragement from others, and helping you realize you’re not alone in your struggle to write. When you share your project timeline with others, you also become more accountable in completing tasks. Writing groups work best when writers are at a common stage in their careers (working on a final paper is a different task from writing a dissertation) and have a similar disciplinary focus, although members need not be from the same department. However, a word of caution is in order: A writing group must retain its focus; if it devolves into a social gathering or a meeting to vent frustrations together, you should either redirect the members to the group’s original purpose or, failing that, leave the group altogether. To start a writing group, talk with colleagues in your department or contact the Office of Graduate Studies.

Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed; an architectural one, where it is constructed; and finally, a textile one, where it is woven.” ―Walter Benjamin, One Way Street And Other Writings

Writing Obstacle 2: Distaste for writing

Perhaps the most common obstacle, many writers have a distaste for writing. Those who dislike writing think about how difficult it is and what they’d rather be doing. They often find writing exhausting.

Strategy: Outline

For writers who have a distaste for writing or who lack confidence in their writing abilities, outlining is a strategy to help them make measurable progress. Before writing, outlining the argument for a chapter, section, or even a paragraph gives the writer perspective on the project and shepherds thoughts into place. When it’s time to write, the writer doesn’t have to sit staring at a blank screen, wondering how to start.

Below are a writer’s two attempts to outline his progress report on the 1988 forensic investigation of the ill-fated Pan Am Flight 103—an air disaster that killed 243 passengers and 16 crew members.

When you read it closely, you’ll see that the weak outline suffers from vague descriptions, inconsistent coordination and subordination of ideas, single item headings, and an overall lack of transparent logic. After reading it, ask yourself this question: Does this outline really provide the direction the writer needs?

Weak Outline

• Debris recovered
• Cataloguing
• Interpretation
• Bomb makeup
• Work to be done

Unlike the first attempt, the revised outline reflects the writer’s intentional efforts to organize thoughts into a naturally logical, consistently well-coordinated and subordinated flow of ideas . . . before the actual writing begins! The strong outline provides clear directions for the writer.

Strong Outline

• Recovering debris
• Cataloguing debris
• Interpreting debris
• Placement of bomb
• Construction of bomb
• Future work

So, you’ll need to be self-critical of your first attempts at outlining . Taking the time to do so will make writing much easier and save you a great deal of time. Outlining is a powerful tool that helps you reflect on your own thinking and puts you in charge of meaning making when you’re ready to put thoughts onto the page.

Strategy: Create a distraction-free environment

Once you’ve scheduled writing times, it’s important to have an environment that’s conducive to writing. A designated workspace minimizes distractions and helps you get in the right frame of mind for working. Before you start writing, have things like snacks, water, and tissues within easy reach. Doing so will keep you from getting up every few minutes. Turn off your phone and leave it in another room. Let your family and friends know there will be times when you’ll be unavailable because you’ll be writing. Similarly, use a productivity application on your computer to block internet sites you know will be especially distracting to you. In addition to physical distractions, there are mental distractions to writing—usually remembering something you have to do that’s totally unrelated to the task at hand. Keep a pad of paper within easy reach to jot down reminders for later, then put the pad aside.

Protect the time and space in which you write. Keep everybody away from it, even the people who are most important to you. —Zadie Smith

Writing Obstacle 3: Lack of time for writing

Ask any graduate student, postdoc, or faculty member—there are a lot of demands on their time, and there’s always something else that needs to be done. If you don’t make writing a priority it’s easy to go days or weeks without writing, and deadlines arrive before you know it.

Strategy: Create a schedule

Scheduling a regular writing time will help you make writing a priority and keep you working on your writing projects, even in the middle of a busy semester. Here’s how to schedule a regular writing time:

• Use a weekly planner to break days into 30-minute increments. First, fill in your weekly commitments: classes, meetings, and appointments.
• Next, schedule one or two hours a few times a week at the time of day you know you do your best work.
• Finally, allocate the time for less important tasks to the slots that are left. These blocks of time are flexible—you might use them to scan readings ahead of a seminar or quiz. Start writing for 15 minutes or half an hour. Over time, you’ll be able to lengthen your writing sessions to an hour or two. Distinguish your writing time independent from secondary writing tasks such as outlining, editing, fact-checking, and writing footnotes. These are common distractions for writers who put off the more challenging writing task of actual writing.

Strategy: Set goals

Make the most of your writing time by setting goals—for the project, sections of the project—even for a day or a week.

The best goals are SMART goals. They are specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-based.

Setting SMART writing goals takes practice. Over the course of a project, by setting goals and reflecting on the work you did that day, you’ll learn when you’ve been too ambitious and when you can push yourself a little more.

Goals that are SPECIFIC are narrow and defined. For example, "I will write every day" is vague, while “I will draft the methods section” is clearly defined.

MEASURABLE goals can be checked off of a to-do list. “I will write two pages” or “I will finish the data analysis section” can be measured.

ACHIEVABLE goals are challenging, but reachable. Doing anything worthwhile requires persistence in spite of obstacles. Writing is no different. By keeping to your schedule of specific tasks, the more likely you’ll be of completing your writing project.

All of your intermediate writing goals are RELEVANT because they help you finish your writing project. They are also RELEVANT because they move you closer to having your research published, completing all course requirements, or finishing your dissertation. Finishing the project matters to you because it’s another step towards achieving your long-term aspirations.

TIME-BASED goals include completion dates and intermediate deadlines to serve as checkpoints.

It’s true that writing takes serious intellectual engagement. Sitting still for an hour or two, finding the right words, and shepherding ideas into a logical order takes extreme focus. But there’s a pleasure in creating clear prose, of communicating a particularly difficult idea so the reader grasps your meaning. There are a few common obstacles that can stymie even the most seasoned writer, but they can be overcome! Counter a lack of confidence with affirming self-talk or by participating in a writing group. Work through a distaste for writing by learning to develop an effective outline for a writing project and then creating a distraction-free writing environment. Find time to write by establishing a workable writing schedule and setting SMART writing goals. With a little practice, you can develop the good writing habits that will help you finish your writing projects. Developing these writing skills will help you look forward to the writing process (or dread it far less!). These skills eventually become habits that translate to other realms of your working life as well.

The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. —Robert Cormier

How to Develop Better Writing Habits

by Melissa Donovan | May 3, 2022 | Better Writing | 55 comments

Develop better writing habits.

There’s only one way to become a better writer, and that is through lots of practice.

Some people are born with talent. Writing comes easily to them, but even the most talented writers have to work at the craft. After all, nobody’s born knowing how to write.

Fostering good writing habits accomplishes two things. First, good writing habits ensure that you write regularly, and as we all know, the only way to become a writer is to actually get the writing done. Second, by writing regularly, you get plenty of writing practice, and your work improves.

Adopt These Essential Writing Habits

Below you’ll find a list of essential writing habits that will benefit your writing skills. Try introducing one habit into your routine every couple of months. Some of these might not work for you, and that’s okay. By the end of the year, you’ll be well on your way to becoming an expert in all things writing.

• Establish a writing schedule and write daily if possible: Whether you write for three hours a day or fifteen minutes a day, daily writing is a critical writing habit. It’s better to write for fifteen or twenty minutes every day than to binge for five or six hours over the weekend, but if you can establish a daily writing schedule with longer sessions on weekends, then all the better!
• Don’t forget to read: I can’t stress how obvious it is when a writer is not well-read. Lack of reading will be apparent in every sentence. The importance of reading cannot be overstated: read as much and as often as you can.
• Finish what you start: One of the worst habits a writer can acquire is to never finish anything. Shiny new ideas are always tempting us away from our current projects. Occasionally you’ll find yourself in the midst of a project that is so problematic, it should be set aside, permanently. But the vast majority of projects deserve to be finished. Even if they never get published, you’ll learn from the experience, and you’ll be rewarded with a sense of accomplishment.
• Show your work: Speaking of finishing what you start — once it’s done, share it with others. Post a scene on your blog, send a poem around to a few friends, round up some beta readers and let them assess your project and help you improve it. And if you’d like to be a professional author, always keep your eye on the goal: publishing your work to the marketplace.
• Know your craft and industry: As a writer, it’s important to understand things like grammar, spelling, and punctuation as well as the importance of editing and polishing your work before you show it around. It’s just as important to familiarize yourself with the industry — from publishing to marketing. Make it your business to understand the craft and trade by working good habits into your schedule: edit everything you write, consult grammar and style guides when necessary, learn to properly format your documents, study the publishing industry, and make sure you understand the many ways that authors can market their work to a reading audience.

Are These Writing Habits for Everyone?

As with all writing advice, these habits might not work for everyone. There are successful authors who binge: they go months without writing, and then hunker down and compose a book. Just make sure you’re rejecting a writing habit because it’s not helping your craft or productivity rather than because you lack the discipline to stick with it.

What Are Your Writing Habits?

Improving your writing is hard work. Maintaining a regular writing schedule is even harder, especially with so many distractions that are vying for our attention. Adopting these writing habits might mean making major changes to your routine. If you love to write, the work will be fun at times. Other times, you’re just going to have to grin and bear it, knowing full well that the ends make the means completely worthwhile.

If you want to be the best writer you can possibly be and produce great writing , then commit yourself to these writing habits.

How many of these writing habits have you adopted? Are there any that you’d like to cultivate? Share your thoughts, ideas, and experiences by leaving a comment.

55 Comments

Great post, lots of good advice. I think rewriting helps one learn a lot about the craft of writing. I took a year to finish my first novel and another eight months working on the rewrites. It was those rewrites that taught me so much about good writing. When you write something, leave it for a couple of days, then come back to it with fresh eyes.

Young or new writers often skip revisions, and it is only when a writer embraces rewriting that they truly blossom. Yes, rewriting is good.

I agree with you, Helen,

Writing a book is never an easy thing, it is a long-enduring journey. To get it right is a great achievement and success in life.

Regards, Joseph Onyango Ogaji Family History Research Student at BYU-Idaho.

I recently started a blog, hoping it would help me to write more often. While I’m still not sure I’ve got anything new or special to say, I’m enjoying the process of putting my thoughts to the page. Even if I never write a book or short story, I intend to learn everything I can and make my blog the best it can be. Thanks for your generous sharing of information.

Congratulations on starting your blog! If you can commit to it, then you will definitely write more often and learn a lot about writing. In fact, I learned more about writing (and written more) in my first few years of blogging than in all other years combined! Good luck to you 🙂

One of the most valuable tips I give people, that really works for me, is to understand when you’re best time of the day is for writing and go with it. For me, I write with much more fluidity in the mid to late afternoon. I’m not sure why, that’s just the way it is for me. Possibly because in the mornings I’m too caffeine-starved and in the evenings I’m bust after a day’s work. As a result, I get all my admin, e-mails, meetings and such like out of the way by about 2pm if I can and get on with whatever reports or plans I have to write after that. Works for me.

My best writing time is late at night. Sometimes I write (in my mind) while I’m trying to fall asleep, which is frustrating because often I’m too tired at that point to take notes. On the other hand, usually by then all my admin and tasks are completed so I’m free to sleep or write as I see fit. Writing is a regular part of my daily routine because of this blog and my copywriting business, but making time for creative writing (fiction and poetry) is a real challenge. I agree that setting up a routine around your best writing time is ideal.

I write best at night too, I usually keep my phone next to my bed and then write down good ideas in the memo function 😉

That’s a great idea. My phone is backlit, so that sure would be a good system. Thanks for the tip!

Thanks so much for these great tips…all good reminders of how to find ideas and polish your writing. Something I’ve found helpful: Keep something to write with handy at all times, because you never know when a good idea will make itself known. I keep small writing pads in my purse and in my car so if I suddenly get an inspiration for an article, a story title, an inspiring phrase, or an idea for improving something I’ve written, I can get it down on paper before I forget it.

Ah yes, we’ve covered this tip in a few other posts. Writers should absolutely keep a notebook or recording device handy at all times. The best writing ideas tend to come along when we’re anywhere but at our desks!

There are a multitude of skill sets required for writing and I am trying to learn them. As you say it is difficult to find the time to squeeze everything in but I do try to write every day – even if it is a short piece for my blog, a writing prompt or a poem. Doing it (writing) is certainly the best way to improve. MandyB

I couldn’t agree more!

huge thing a writer can do to develop her skills is to accept that the best finished pieces almost without exception come from a multi-step process and not from just pulling words out of thin air or from some pure “inspiration.”

That’s the truth!

Writing is the best skill to learn in this modern world. Unfortunately, I lack this important skill myself, I will try my level best to follow you tips. Thank you.

Writing is a vital skill these days. I wish you the best of luck in improving your writing.

Hello, I’m currently a college student studying business, and I have recently developed an eager desire to improve my writing skills. I’ve been following the tips posted on this page for the past month, with a focus on reading. I have some questions regarding the process of improvement. From personal experience, does it happen gradually? or does it happen in intervals?(e.g. breakthroughs) I would love to hear some personal experiences from others. Thanks!

Hi Andy. It’s wonderful that you’re working to strengthen and improve your writing skills. I believe that development happens differently for everyone. You might experience gradual improvement or you might go through a series of breakthroughs. Most likely, you will experience a combination of both (that was my experience).

I wish you the best of luck in business and in writing!

Thanks Melissa for the suggestion which u have mentioned in the above post I am an engineering student doing my b.tech degree in computer Science . Apart from my computer activity i have deep desire for writing i mean i want to improve my writing skills . I want to learn the skills and crafts of writing but due to lots of weakness in me i am not able to write or express my views . But your post helped me a lot to garner my knowledge over good writing skills . Even this is my first writing experience in which i am writing or leaving a comment to any post in my four years of internet surfing and thanks for all the peoples which have replied to this post coz they helped me a lot in my writing skills and also helped me a lot to get an idea over good writing …… Thanks …:D

Your dedication to improving your skills is admirable. Great writing takes a lot of practice, but it’s achievable when you’re dedicated to learning the craft and fostering good writing habits. I wish you the best of luck!

Thank you very everyone for your tips especially Melisa. I myself have just been made aware of my writing skills which I never realised by one friend of mine and I appreciate him for that.I am a b-tech graduate in project management and currently looking for a job. Personally I am not an articulate speaker but. I could narrate all of my feelings and thoughts on paper. I always thought I am artistic just do not have required confidence and maybe courage to persue whatever it is that I am worth or deserve because of my personal background but I passed that now I seeked help and I think I am ready to persue my career as well as writing part-time.

Thanx guys…

That’s wonderful. I wish you the best of luck in your writing journey!

It was very useful. I have started reading books to improve my writing skills:) hope very soon will shine well through my writing skills.

Reading is definitely the best way to improve your writing skills. Happy reading to you!

I love to write and create my own little works of fiction. I have three little brothers that I enjoy writing short stories for. Usually I jot down ideas when they randomly appear and they turn out to be wonderful stories. Sadly, I also have a difficult time processing how I’m going to take the image in my head and put it on my paper. Any advice for this?

The only advice I have is to practice. You have to sit down and start the process, get the story onto the page. At first, the text may be jumbled. You’ll have to rewrite and revise to clean it up. It’s hard work, but it’s immensely rewarding.

This writing tips are just awesome. Thanks for the tips Melissa, I’m gonna start using them.

Thanks, Thomas!

I think that it’s very hard for me to write because I have so many good ideas that I want to put on the page that I can’t choose. Sometimes I mesh them together and my story turns out well………………… not organized. I have a tough time spinning out the beginning of my stories but when I got it, I don’t stop until I’m so tired I can barely keep my eyes open:). I have a bunch of stories lying around but I can’t seem to finish one so that’s my tip if you have many good ideas make a note page on each one so you won’t forget and add to it when an idea comes to you for it. Don’t forget to keep your mind on that ONE book, story, or poem you writing though!!!!! 🙂

Thus the saying “writing is rewriting.” It’s great that you’re capturing your ideas in messy rough drafts. For lots of writers, the hard part is to go through those drafts and clean them up, revising them into polished final drafts.

Hello Melisa, I will definitely utilize your tips to improve my writing. I am listing few of the problems why my writing is not that good. Hopefully, you can give me some additional tips to improve my writing. English is not my native language. I don’t read much nor write much, and I don’t associate with people that English is their native language. By the way, i love to read and write. I just don’t do it as much. the reason why i am posting this is because i did not get a promotion. i was told that my writing was just average.

Hi Alex. Most of the tips I would give you are in this post. It will be impossible to improve your writing if you don’t read and write, and if you love to read and write, you should do it more. There are tons of ESL (English as a Second Language) resources on the web to help you with translations and memorizing vocabulary. Good luck to you!

Thank you very much for the encouraging,helpful post. Being a potential writer,and seeking for guidance on polishing my thought, I have come to appreciate the contents of this post. I have really benefited a lot from it. Thanks once more.

Thanks, Emmanuel.

Although I have always wanted to make writing a habit to become comfortable in it and develop as an art, I had somehow left writing last on my daily-to-do-list. Having read you enlightening piece I hope to improve my writing skills now.

Why is it so easy for us to push our passions to the bottom of the list? Lots of writers leave writing for last. As we all know, we often don’t ever get to the last item on our to-do list! I say move writing up and make it a higher priority or set a strict time for it every day! Good luck to you, Ruchi.

Hi Mellssa, I came across you site while searching for ideas and tips to assist my 8 year old in the writing process and maybe find concrete instruction and steps for learning to become a good writer. By the way, he loves to write. I would appreciate any help and guidance. Thanks!!!

Hi Ron, I would suggest you consult with the school or your son’s teacher if he needs help with his writing. You may also find helpful resources at the local library (consult with the librarian in the children’s section). Beyond that, the best thing he can do to help his writing along is read as much as possible.

Dear Melissa,

I have started blogging as a new year resolution for this year.To be frank it took me 2 months to even consider writing down anything on my wall.I am so happy to come across your post as i was looking forward to a step by step process to start an article.In fact i am going to make it a point to pen down my thoughts everyday before hitting the bed.

I love writing before I go to sleep. Good luck with your new blog!

Lovely post melissa, was just googling about how to write effectively and your address popped up first. Being an research analyst i need to able to express my thoughts and views on a particular stock or any research thoroughly, which i think i lack in. But after reading this post i feel i need to do alot of homework in terms of writing. The first point of reading itself is the best point i feel, more you read more you learn and then put that in to practice. anyways once again i would like to thank you for the post. i have already bookmarked this webpage for my reference. all the best for your life. tc

Thanks for your kind words, Ritesh. Good luck with improving your writing!

Reading, naturally, is crucial. I work at home, and I recently redesigned my daily routine to do more reading at the start of my day as opposed to at the end of it, as I used to.

Before the change I did my best to write first thing. But I find reading first instead gets my mind in gear better for any writing I do later in the day. I think it’s easier for me to ease into reading most things than it is to ease into writing them.

That’s interesting, Ty. I think most people read at the end of the day, and I know a lot of writers try to get their writing done first thing in the morning.

Excellent advice, my friend. I truly believe that there must be practice, practice, practice, in the life of a writer. No matter what the subject matter, use writing as your venue. And, practice with your hand and a pen as well, don’t ever give up the many ways of writing.

Well said, Vicki!

I am beginning to explore who I am as a writer. I have been devouring books since I learned how to read! Reading takes place mostly in the evening. I am now beginning to share information about my reading on my blog. Writing and journaling typically happen in the morning. I am determined to become more routine about this process though (even though I abhor routines)! Thank you for sharing!

A reading and writing routine is wonderful, and it sounds like your routine is working well for you. That’s awesome, Aletha.

Wonderful article, Melissa! Knowing your craft and industry is a big one, and will be extremely helpful in the long run. I find a couple good writing habits are to just use your own voice, be unique, don’t worry about sales or publicity, and use an outline because it helps you to create a step sheet of where exactly your book is going.

I especially love “use your own voice,” although in the beginning, we have to find our voice, which can take some time. Thanks, Anita.

I am 62 years old, and currently attending Central Michigan University as a Junior, working hard at an English/Creative Writing Doctorate. I know that this blog is repeats, but I am learning practical applications for my new writing process. I believe the basics of good writing never change. I have a story in me that is frantic to be put to paper. As a result your advice is being devoured.

I applaud you for attending university. I’ve always been an advocate for higher education whenever possible, no matter one’s stage or station in life. Repetition is an important learning tool. I’ve read countless books on the craft of writing, yet even when I read books that repeat lessons I’ve learned before, I find that the repetition serves as a refresher and a reinforcer of the tools and techniques of good writing. Thanks so much for commenting.

These are very helpful points for becoming a better writer. I attest to the fact that they rock wonders for those who dare to apply them. Thanks for sharing.

You’re welcome. Thank you for your kind remarks.

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A (Very) Simple Way to Improve Your Writing

• Mark Rennella

It’s called the “one-idea rule” — and any level of writer can use it.

The “one idea” rule is a simple concept that can help you sharpen your writing, persuade others by presenting your argument in a clear, concise, and engaging way. What exactly does the rule say?

• Every component of a successful piece of writing should express only one idea.
• In persuasive writing, your “one idea” is often the argument or belief you are presenting to the reader. Once you identify what that argument is, the “one-idea rule” can help you develop, revise, and connect the various components of your writing.
• For instance, let’s say you’re writing an essay. There are three components you will be working with throughout your piece: the title, the paragraphs, and the sentences.
• Each of these parts should be dedicated to just one idea. The ideas are not identical, of course, but they’re all related. If done correctly, the smaller ideas (in sentences) all build (in paragraphs) to support the main point (suggested in the title).

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Most advice about writing looks like a long laundry list of “do’s and don’ts.” These lists can be helpful from time to time, but they’re hard to remember … and, therefore, hard to depend on when you’re having trouble putting your thoughts to paper. During my time in academia, teaching composition at the undergraduate and graduate levels, I saw many people struggle with this.

• MR Mark Rennella is Associate Editor at HBP and has published two books, Entrepreneurs, Managers, and Leaders and The Boston Cosmopolitans .  

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Dealing with Obstacles and Developing Good Habits

Good Writing Habits

Many of the tips for overcoming writing anxiety discussed in the previous section are also just plain good tips for getting the job done. Here are a few more good writing habits.

Practice Recursive Writing

Use a variety of writing strategies (many of which you can gather from this text) and avoid the tendency to view writing as a linear process. If you acknowledge that the process of writing is recursive—meaning that you will come back to different parts of the process again and again—you are most likely to keep moving forward toward your final writing goal, and your writing is also likely to reveal your full potential as a writer.

When you return to a previously written section of a draft to generate new material, collaborate with others, or take a break from your writing and come back to it again, you’re practicing recursive writing. Most successful writers will tell you that they practice recursive writing in some way. Good writing doesn’t happen in a single late night cram session the day before the deadline. Good writing takes time. This includes time away from the writing itself to allow for distance and reflection, and good writing requires multiple drafts. That said, everyone finds themselves in a time crunch sometimes. If that’s where you’re at, check out “How to Fix Procrastination,” found under the topic of “ Procrastination ,” later in this section of the text.

Revise, Revise, Revise

As we’ve just explained, one linear trip through the writing process is not enough to achieve your best writing. In addition to strategies for generating material, you will also find revision strategies in this text. Try some different approaches to revision, and see which ones work best for you. Understand the difference between revision and proofreading, and make sure you allow ample time for each. Revision is the act of seeing something anew. This means considering higher level concerns in your essay, for example, the overall organization or how well you’re addressing the audience or purpose for the piece. Proofreading is what you do at the end to make sure that your final draft is free from errors. For specific revision strategies, see the “ Revising ” section of this text.

If you play it too safe, there’s probably not going to be anything original or imaginative about your essay. Good writing involves risk. Too often, inexperienced writers will begin writing from a position of considering only what they think their readers expect to read on the subject. What a boring world it would be if we only ever read or experienced what we expected!  Begin by exploring your own thoughts and what most interests you about the topic. Open yourself to all the possibilities. Of course, this does not mean that you can forget about the parameters of the assignment or about the audience or purpose for your writing. But allow yourself to be creative first, and then think about how you can best tailor your own ideas to the audience and purpose dictated by your writing assignment.

Be Patient and Be Willing to Learn

Good writing takes patience. As with all good things, it takes time to create something good. And good writers also understand that a big part of writing is learning. You’re selling yourself—and your readers—short if you begin the writing process with the idea that you already know everything you have to tell your readers about the subject. Even experts in a subject area continue to learn new things and expand the boundaries of their chosen fields (that’s how they become experts!).

Neil deGrasse Tyson, a prominent American astrophysicist, writes about the importance of the quest for knowledge in his 2005 article for Natural History Magazine , “ The Perimeter of Ignorance ” (found online at naturalhistorymag.com). He explains that great scientific thinkers like Newton and Galileo were successful in expanding the boundaries of human understanding (the perimeters of ignorance, as Tyson calls them), precisely because they did not conform the reports of their findings to what society—and especially some of the most powerful institutions in society—expected them to report. I hope that you will also allow the creative and inquisitive potential of your mind to search beyond what you expect to say and what your readers might expect to hear about this topic.

Consider Environmental Factors

Finally, not all aspects of writing are about process or about the inner workings of your mind as a writer. Some factors are external or environmental. Consider what time of day is best for you to write. Write every day, or as often as you can, and establish a schedule (as suggested in the section on overcoming writing anxiety , earlier in this text).

Don’t multitask. Recent studies have proven that the human brain does not operate at its best while multitasking. Switching between tasks has been shown to cause each of the tasks to take longer to complete than if they were handled independently (“Multitasking”). So put away your phone and turn off other distractions (like social media or the television). Find a quiet place to work where you are less likely to be disturbed. And don’t try to work on more than one subject or project at the same time. Make sure you have everything you need as you get started: pens, pencils, notebooks, textbooks, computer, snacks, or whatever you need to be productive and feel comfortable. Allot a set period of time to each task, and attend to each one separately.

Hopefully, these tips will help you to get started, help you gain some momentum, and help you to make the best use of that one precious resource that is limited for us all: time. As with any strategies, try different ones, and if something doesn’t work for you, move on and try something else. Select the strategies that work best for you, and modify them to suit your needs.

Take two or three minutes to list some examples of a time when writing was difficult for you and you found it hard to get started. Note that that your list does not need to be constrained to times when you were writing for school, although you should consider those times too. But also consider other writing situations, such as applications, letters, or requests. Then, choose one of those times and take a couple more minutes to consider what barriers or obstacles may have made it difficult for you to write in that situation:

• Inexperience with the type of writing
• A previous negative experience with writing
• An immediate deadline
• A distant deadline
• A lack of interest in the topic
• Personal problems or challenges

Discuss your list of writing obstacles with some classmates in a small group. Then, as a group, try to identify some strategies or good writing practices discussed in this chapter that might have helped you overcome those obstacles. If class time allows for it, your small group might share some conclusions with the whole class about which strategies and practices would best suit the difficult writing situations that you discussed.

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8 Mindful Writing Habits (and 16 Prompts!)

What habits of mind lead to good writing? The National Council of Teachers of English teamed up with the National Writing Project to identify eight mindful habits that produce exceptional writing in school and beyond. In this post, we introduce the habits and share writing prompts that invite students to use them . . . and have some fun along the way.

1. Curiosity

Curiosity is the desire to know more about the world. ( Get these prompts in a Google doc .)

Mysteries Next Door

The poet Oscar Wilde said, “The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.” Take a walk through your neighborhood and closely observe your surroundings. What buildings, businesses, landmarks, or artifacts are mysterious? Pick a mystery and investigate it. “What is that? What goes on there? What function does it serve? Why is it part of my community?” Then write a short report that reveals the amazing mysteries you have discovered.

Multimedia alternative: Create a tourism flyer or video about the topic.

Back to the Beginning

Watch this video about the origin of popsicles. Then write "Foods," "Activities," and "Clothes" on a piece of paper and list favorite examples of each. Choose one example and research its origins. Answer the 5 W’s and H: “ Who invented it? What did it first look like? When was it invented? Where was it invented? Why was it invented? How was it invented?” Create an essay that explains its origins.

Narrative alternative: From the perspective of one or more people involved, create a historical narrative about the item’s origins.

2. Openness

Openness is the willingness to consider new ways of being and thinking in the world. ( Get these prompts in a Google doc .)

The Other Side of the Coin

Review the controversies at ProCon.org . Choose a controversy, state your opinion about it, and list three reasons that support your opinion. Now state an opposing opinion and list three reasons that support it. Write a brief essay arguing for this opposing view, including strong reasons and refuting one of the reasons you initially stated for your own view. Did you rethink your original position? Do you better understand the opposition's view?

Speaking alternative: Create a speech in support of the opposing point of view.

Feeling Like a Stranger

When have you been an outsider (the only girl or boy, a new kid in school, the only young person in a room full of adults)? How did the experience make you feel? Now imagine being someone from a different background in a setting where you are an insider. Write an essay that shares the experience of being an outsider and discusses ways that outsiders can become insiders.

Visual alternative: Create a poster with strategies for making your classroom or school more inclusive of diverse ideas, cultures, and perspectives.

3. Engagement

Engagement is investment and involvement in learning. ( Get these prompts in a Google doc .)

Moment in History

Interview an older person about a significant moment from the past. Take careful notes and then (1) write a narrative about the event from the person's perspective or (2) write a nonfiction article titled “What You Should Know About [Event] from Someone Who Lived It.” Research your topic to fill in any missing information.

Multimedia alternative: Create a slideshow presentation using photos from the person's life and providing narration of events.

What’s More Important?

"Imagination is more important than knowledge." —Albert Einstein

How can this quotation be true? As a child, you spent much time immersed in imagination, but now you've spent many years pursuing knowledge. What's the relationship between imagination and knowledge? Write an essay that defines each term and tells how they relate. Explain Einstein's position but then state your own position, supporting it with reasons and evidence.

Visual alternative: Create a poster that represents the relationship between imagination and knowledge.

4. Creativity

Creativity is using novel approaches to generate, investigate, and represent ideas. ( Get these prompts in a Google doc .)

Mascot Madness

Many sports teams have a mascot—a character who represents the team in a memorable, sometimes goofy way. Now imagine that you need to create a mascot for one of your classes in school. Use your best creative thinking to come up with a great mascot. In an essay, name the mascot, describe its appearance and signature moves, and explain why it is a good representation of the class. ( This minilesson provides more support.)

Artistic alternative: Draw a picture of the class mascot or create a costume for the mascot to wear.

Opposites Attract

How could a classroom be more like a playground? That's a silly question. Why should a classroom be like a playground? Classrooms are for learning. Playgrounds are for play. The two concepts don’t blend—but maybe they should. Playgrounds give kids space to build community, create new worlds, and work out problems. That's learning! So how could a classroom benefit from being more like a playground?

This scenario uses conceptual blending: forcing opposing concepts together and working out the conflicts between them. Try it out. Choose something you are currently studying—a concept, an organization, an idea—and then think of something entirely different. Construct a question creating a conceptual blend: "How is the U.S. Constitution like a baloney sandwich?" If you're stuck, try one of these conceptual blends:

• How would an engineer design a pop song?
• What would Huckleberry Finn do in the Hunger Games ?
• How could we make novels more interactive?
• How could school be more like a rock concert?

Writing alternative: Fill out a form using a completely unrelated topic. For example, complete an accident-report form to describe a first date, or complete a job-application form to become a suspect in an unsolved crime.

5. Persistence

Persistence is sustained effort to achieve goals. ( Get these prompts in a Google doc .)

Gritty Not Pretty

Did you know Walt Disney was once fired for lack of creativity? He started his career as a cartoonist at a newspaper but was fired because his cartoons were not creative enough. Instead of giving up, Disney steadfastly pursued his ambition to draw and entertain. The rest is history.

Walt Disney demonstrated grit. Grit is intense passion and perseverance, striving for goals despite setbacks. When did you show grit? Write a personal narrative about a time you showed grit.

Publishing alternative: Submit one of your pieces of writing for publication. After each rejection, continue to submit your work to other venues. ( Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was rejected 12 times before it found a publisher.)

The Challenge Advantage?

Michelle Obama says, “You should never view your challenges as a disadvantage. . . . Facing and overcoming adversity is actually one of your biggest advantages.” Do you agree with Obama's position? Support your answer with specific examples.

Physical alternative: Think of something you cannot yet do—a certain number of pushups, a song on the piano, a dance step. Decide how you need to practice to gain the skill, then do it!

6. Responsibility

Responsibility is owning one’s actions and the consequences that result. ( Get these prompts in a Google doc .)

Do I have permission to . . . ?

Gaining independence requires responsibility. What do you want to do that you need permission for (staying out later, going to a concert, etc.)? Write a letter asking for permission from an authority figure. Cite specific examples that demonstrate your responsibility and trustworthiness. Also include an example of a time when you were not responsible and what you learned from the experience.

Acting alternative: Roleplay an encounter between you and an authority figure. Explore different ways that the conflict could be resolved.

No “I” in “Leader”

Team-building expert Peter Drucker says, “The leaders who work most effectively . . . never say ‘I’.  . . they think ‘we’; they think ‘team.’ They accept responsibility and don’t sidestep.” How does a good leader accept responsibility? How does a good leader delegate responsibility? Cite examples from your own leadership experiences.

Interpersonal alternative: Think of something you want to do that requires help. Enlist others to achieve the goal. Express what you want to accomplish and encourage them to join your team.

7. Flexibility

Flexibility is adapting to situations, expectations, or demands. ( Get these prompts in a Google doc .)

I'm Not Ready for This Have you ever dreamed about taking a final exam you never studied for? That's a nightmare! What did you do? Responding in the moment to unexpected demands requires excellent problem-solving skills. Write a narrative about a time when you had to come up with a solution on the spot, and note what you learned from the experience.

Artistic alternative: Have a partner scribble on a piece of paper. Then try to make a drawing incorporating the scribble. Reverse roles and repeat the process.

What? No Pizza?! What one thing could you not live without? Your phone? Your bed? Pizza? Now imagine having to do without it. Write an essay about how you might lose this one thing and indicate how you would learn to live without it.

Kinesthetic alternative: Grab a random object and name a completely unrelated task that you will use it for: "This cactus will help me become president!" "This shirt will help me end homelessness!" Then explain how the random object will accomplish the unrelated task.

8. Metacognition

Metacognition is reflecting on how you and others think. ( Get these prompts in a Google doc .)

Literacy History What are your earliest memories of reading and writing? What do you read for fun? Who most influences your reading and writing? Write an essay that explains how your reading and writing habits have changed from childhood to the current day. What did you read way back when, what do you read now, and what will you read in the future? Why?

Social alternative: Interview a classmate about the person's reading and writing habits. Ask probing questions that get at the person's preferences.

My Week in Learning Flip to a blank section of your notebook and start a learning log. Spend 10 minutes writing about what you learned today. Do the same tomorrow. At the end of the week, read over your entries and write down any questions that remain about what you are learning. If you are unsure what to write about, use these prompts: Sunday What study habits work best for this class? What will I do the same this week? What will I change? Why? Monday How does [class topic] relate to [another idea]? Tuesday What is the most important thing I got out of class today? Wednesday To understand this topic, I have to . . . Thursday Something that puzzled me in class today was . . . Friday What's the most important thing I learned this week? Saturday Until this week, I didn’t know . . .

Reflective alternative: Before class, answer one of these questions:

• "What idea most interested me from class yesterday?"
• "What question do I have about what we are studying?"
• "How do these ideas relate to my life?"

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Essay on Good Habits for Children: List of Healthy Habits

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Good habits are very important to become a successful and respectable person. Everybody must master good habits for their benefit and the welfare of their society. Good habits teach us some valuable lessons, such as eating healthy food, talking nicely, focusing on our goals, taking care of our things, etc. 

An essay on good habits is an important topic for students, where they discuss their good habits and what benefits they offer them. On this page, we will discuss some essays on good habits for children.

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• 1 10 Lines Essay on Good Habits for Class 1
• 2 10 Lines Essay on Good Habits for Class 2
• 3 Essay on Good Habits for Class 5
• 4 How to Write an Essay on Good Habits?

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10 Lines Essay on Good Habits for Class 1

Here is a 10-line essay on good habits for Class 1 students.

• ‘Early to bed and early to rise is one of the best good habits for students.’
• ‘Brushing our teeth every day keeps them clean and healthy.’
• ‘Washing our hands before and after meals helps us stay germ-free.’
• ‘Eating fruits and vegetables makes us strong and full of energy.’
• ‘Listening to our teachers in class helps us learn new things.’
• ‘Being kind to our friends and sharing with them makes us happy.’
• ‘Saying ‘please’ and ‘thank you’ shows good manners.’
• ‘Taking care of our toys and belongings makes them last longer.’
• ‘Going to bed early and getting enough sleep helps us feel good.’
• ‘Picking up after ourselves and keeping our surroundings clean is important./
• ‘Being responsible and doing our chores helps us grow up to be responsible adults.’

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10 Lines Essay on Good Habits for Class 2

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Essay on Good Habits for Class 5

‘Good habits are very important to build a happy and healthy lifestyle. Good habits keep our minds and body healthy and make us a good human being. Some of the good habits to develop are waking early in the morning, eating green vegetables, avoiding junk food, brushing our teeth, talking respectfully, listening to our teachers and parents, etc.’

‘Good habits make us a better person. Good habits can help us build healthy relationships. Active listening, empathy, and politeness lead to positive communication and stronger interpersonal connections.’

‘Good habits can help us achieve success in life. Consistently practicing good habits leads to long-term success by creating a foundation for personal and professional achievements. Healthy habits like mindfulness and meditation are very important to enhance focus and concentration. This allows us to work efficiently and attentively.’

The objective of following good habits is to lead a positive and happy life. Good habits can lead to better physical and mental well-being, build healthy relationships, and can also bring financial stability.’

How to Write an Essay on Good Habits?

To write an essay on good habits, there are some simple tips you can follow. Start your essay on good habits introduction with the definition of good habits and what benefits they bring. Highlight some of the best good habits for children and how they can include them in their daily lives. Then focus on the long-term benefits of good habits. Conclude your essay by listing some of the popular good habits and how important they are for a happier and healthier life.

• Definition of Good Habits

Good Habits are positive and healthy habits done daily that contribute to one’s overall well-being, personal development, and success.

• Benefits of Good Habits

Practicing good habits regularly promotes physical health, mental clarity, emotional balance, and positive relationships. Good habits lead to a positive impact on various aspects of like, such as work, education, relationships, and personal growth.

• Best Good Habits for Children

Some of the best good habits for children include eating lots of fruits and vegetables, regularly brushing their teeth, washing hands, respecting elders and friends, regularly exercising, taking care of their books and other important things, etc.

• Good Habits Lead to a Happy and Healthier Life

Good habits lay the foundation of a successful and fulfilling life. They contribute to physical well-being, personal development, positive relationships, and professional success. 

Ans: To write an essay on good habits, there are some simple tips you can follow. Start your essay on good habits introduction with the definition of good habits and what benefits they bring. Highlight some of the best good habits for children and how they can include them in their daily lives. Then focus on the long-term benefits of good habits. Conclude your essay by listing some of the popular good habits and how important they are for a happier and healthier life.

Ans: Some of the best good habits for children include eating lots of fruits and vegetables, regularly brushing their teeth, washing hands, respecting elders and friends, regularly exercising, taking care of their books and other important things, etc.

Ans: Good habits are very important to become a successful and respectable person. Good habits teach us some valuable lessons, such as eating healthy good, talking nicely, focusing on our goals, taking care of our things, etc. Good habits make us a better person. Eating fruits and vegetables makes us strong and full of energy ‘Listening to our teachers in class helps us learn new things.’

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Essay on Good Habits 13 Models

Last updated Friday , 15-03-2024 on 11:17 am

Essay on good habits, It is important to write an article about good habits because it makes us look at our behavior and evaluate it and discover what we are doing in terms of good or bad habits.

In addition, we carefully observe the behavior of others and their good habits. We acquire good habits through the society in which we live, and the greatest influence in this is the family, school, friends and the various media.

Good habits earn us the respect of others, and often a person needs a good example in order to acquire good habits easily and effortlessly.

Essay on Good Habits

Each society is characterized by a set of customs and traditions that its members practice without thinking. Therefore, it is important that these habits be good, because this will save a lot of time and effort to improve the behavior of individuals, because the person acquires all his information and behavior from the surrounding community environment, and is affected by what he sees and hears.

How do we Build Good Habits?

There is no doubt that the family is the main element in teaching its children good habits. When the family has good habits, its children will learn them easily and effortlessly.

A child imitates his family and acquires from them his customs and traditions, and he may keep these habits throughout his life.

Therefore, it is important to educate the family about the great and very influential role in teaching their children good habits.

Then comes the late childhood stage, where the school also plays a big role, as it teaches students the concepts that reinforce good habits and correct bad habits.

In the stage of youth and beyond, a person is able to modify his behavior and acquire new good habits that help him organize his life and make it more comfortable.

Often we acquire good habits by practicing for a long time, and what motivates us to maintain these good habits is the good results we feel as a result of the good habits we do, such as the respect and praise of others for our behavior.

What are the Good Habits

Examples of good habits that every family should teach their children are honesty and not lying, loyalty, commitment, respecting the elder and listening to his advice, kindness to the young and bringing him pleasure, helping the poor and the needy, maintaining our personal hygiene, maintaining the cleanliness of the environment, taking care of eating healthy foods, exercising, getting up early, and many other good habits that form our behavior in the future.

The acquisition of good habits makes us confident and self-esteem, and this makes us proud of what we learned in childhood, and makes us feel thanks to our family, which made us respectable people in our society.

Oftentimes, we see people who have a great deal of knowledge, but their habits may be bad, which makes us feel disgusted with their behavior, in which case we cannot take them as role models.

The Importance of Good Habits for a Person and for Society

There is no doubt that good habits are very beneficial for both the individual and society. For an individual, for example, he feels respected by others as a result of his adherence to good habits, and this makes him self-confident and self-esteem.

We form our opinions about ourselves as a result of how others view us. When we gain the respect and appreciation of others, we will stick to good habits, and good habits make us feel content and unscathed.

When citizens are of good morals and practice good habits, this will be reflected on the community, and there will be safety, honesty, seriousness in work and other good habits that work on the progress and prosperity of society.

Very Short Essay on Good Habits

There is no doubt that childhood is the most important stage in a person’s life, during which he learns many concepts and acquires most of the habits that accompany him throughout his life. Therefore, it is important for the family to take care of raising children and teaching them good habits.

Learning in childhood is through imitation, and therefore the child acquires most of the habits from his family, relatives and neighbors. It is important that those around the child be good people so that he learns good habits from them automatically.

An example of this is that a father cannot tell his son not to smoke while he smokes. How will he convince his son of the harms of smoking while he smokes. Likewise, the mother cannot tell her daughter not to lie, while the mother does.

When you want to teach the child a good habit, you must be convinced of this habit and practice it regularly, then the child will learn it easily and without any problems.

Examples of good habits that children should learn from a young age are honesty – respect for others – hard work – punctuality – keeping promises – exercising – getting up early – eating healthy – helping the needy – respecting the elderly.

Paragraph on good habits

Good habits earn us the respect of others, and one of the best good habits I learned as a kid is honesty. This habit made me a high position with others, everyone trusted me.

Oftentimes, my friends ask me for my opinion on matters pertaining to them, and in this case I tell them my opinion in all honesty.

I can not lie or hypocrisy, but I say my opinion frankly, but it is important that I choose the words in which I express my opinion so that others do not feel embarrassed, we can advise others, but in a polite way.

Therefore, all my friends love me and consult me ​​on many personal matters, and they know very well that I will tell them the truth.

Honesty is a beautiful trait and I got used to it since childhood, as my mother did not allow us to lie for any reason, even if we made a mistake, we must tell the truth.

Reading is a good habit essay

There is no doubt that good habits are many and useful, and one of these habits is the reading habit. I feel that the reading habit is the best good habit I have learned since childhood, thanks to my father.

My father had a library at home that contained many books and magazines, and I used to watch my father every night before bed. He went to the library and sat reading for two hours.

When I learned to read at the age of six, he bought me a gift, and this gift was a collection of children’s stories. I started reading when I was six years old, and my father used to ask me: Have you finished reading the story? And what did you gain from it??

There is no doubt that my father’s care of me made me think about everything I read. Then the habit of reading became essential to me, and I could not sleep until I read for two hours.

This habit of reading had good effects for my whole life. This good habit helped me to excel in my studies. In addition, it made me more aware of what happens in the world. In addition, it gave me confidence in myself, as my knowledge increased greatly.

Good Study Habits Essay

Undoubtedly, every student wants to excel  in his studies, but there are some good habits that he must follow in order to achieve the desired result, among which are commitment and seriousness.

Because a serious committed person will implement the plans carefully without laziness, the character of commitment and seriousness must be one of the most important habits you have, then after that comes planning and time management.

As well as the habit of getting up early is one of the most important habits that help you study your lessons.

It is important to develop a plan for yourself in order to achieve the goal, which is to succeed and excel in your studies.

One of the good habits that you must adhere to is also to write your notes about what you have read, or to summarize what you have read, as this makes you remember the information easily.

You should also know that asking your teachers for help is a good thing, because you will get the right information in the shortest time.

My good habits essay

My family has cultivated in me good habits, such as honesty and respect for others, helping the needy and other good habits.

But I have also added some good habits, which I practice regularly. Like playing sports and reading, in middle school I realized the importance of both exercising as well as reading, so I made sure that this is a habit that I practice regularly.

I was on the school soccer team, but I also play this favorite sport with my friends. On the weekends, my friends and I play soccer in the park.

As for reading, this good habit got a lot of interest from me. I have a small library at home but now I read books through mobile apps.

In fact, the use of mobile phones and the Internet has made reading available to everyone, and has made millions of books available to us.

That’s why I read a lot, sometimes I read while I’m on my bed, at home or on the transportation means. Reading has become available without effort, so we can read at any time we want, and in any place as well.

Good habits essay in english

In fact, I realized the merit of my father and mother when I grew up and had many friends. I have noticed that I have good habits that they do not have, and these habits I acquired from my childhood and it was my family’s credit for that, because I learned it from my father.

An example of these good habits is commitment. When I have an appointment with someone, I make sure to be there on time without delay. Also, when I promise someone that I will do something for them, I keep my promise no matter the circumstances.

One of the good habits that I learned as a child is to respect those who are older than me.

This good habit has brought me many benefits, because when I respect those who are older than me, they try to benefit me and pass on their experiences in life.

Also, helping the needy is a good habit and we must learn it from childhood, and this habit makes us feel happy because we helped a needy person.

Good food habits essay

There is no doubt that each of us likes to know what are the good habits of nutrition, especially after obesity has become so prevalent that it was called the “ disease of the age “.

One of the good eating habits is to eat fruit two hours before or two hours after food, and not to drink carbonated water, and not to eat food and then sleep directly, but it is preferable that the last meal be three hours before bed.

There are many doctors who specialize in nutrition, and many people resort to dieting. But it is important to know that each person has a diet that suits him, and the food must contain all the nutrients the body needs, such as protein, carbohydrates, fats, vitamins and salts.

The amount of water we drink should be appropriate for our body weight. There is a general rule if people follow it, they will not suffer from obesity, which says: “Do not eat until you are hungry, and if you do eat, you will not be satisfied.”

Every person can follow the appropriate diet for him, and from recent information discovered by researchers that fasting is one of the successful methods in the treatment of obesity.

Good habits and bad habits essay

Childhood is one of the most important stages of life in which a person’s personality is formed, as he acquires customs and traditions from his family through what he sees or hears from them. Therefore, there are many good habits we learn from childhood, as well as some bad habits.

Examples of good habits are honesty and respect for others, and these beautiful habits, if learned in our childhood, will be a reason for our success in life.

On the contrary, if the child learns some bad habits such as lying, cheating, bullying, etc., it will be difficult to get rid of these bad habits, and he will be hated by others because of these bad habits.

Therefore, the family has a great responsibility in raising its children and teaching them good habits that will benefit them in their future.

Composition on good habits

I have a friend who I love very much because he has good habits, he is an energetic and organized person. He can do many things and excel in them, and when I asked him about the reason for this superiority, he said that the credit is due to his mother, who is the reason for his return to getting up early and thus he can start his day early. He can study his lessons, play sports, go to the club, and visit his relatives, all these things he can do without trouble.

In fact, I try to imitate him in these good habits, but I find it difficult to wake up early, as I used to wake up late, especially on vacation.

I realized the importance of acquiring good habits from a young age, because learning them in childhood is much easier.

Write a paragraph on good habits

What we learn from good habits in our childhood remains with us throughout life. A person who is accustomed to truthfulness in his childhood, it is difficult for him to lie when he grows up, and this is one of the good habits that we must adhere to. Also, one of the good habits is to respect those who are older than us. One of the good habits that I grew up with is also helping the needy. The person may be poor and need financial assistance, and he may be weak or sick and need someone to meet his needs. And we should offer help to anyone who needs help because that spreads love among people.

Good and Bad Habits Essay

I have some good habits that I will keep throughout my life like getting up early and exercising regularly, and I never lie and hate liars. One of my good habits is to respect others, even if I differ with them in opinion.

But I have some bad habits that I try to get rid of, such as the habit of smoking. This is one of the worst habits because it is harmful to health, but I will get rid of this bad habit soon.

In addition, I am disorganized and this habit is also very bad because it makes me not do much work, so I decided to make a plan in advance of the work that I must do in my day.

Writing good habits essay 

One of the best habits that I got accustomed to since I was young is the gathering of all family members at my grandfather’s house on the day of the holiday. On that day there will be many children and young people in addition to my grandfather and grandmother.

On that day we eat the most delicious food, children play and have fun, young people talk about their future dreams, and parents and grandparents talk about memories of the past.

It is a day in which ideas and experiences are exchanged, as well as a feeling of love and strong bonding between family members.

This good habit has helped me a lot, I have learned many things from those who are older than me, in addition to my feeling of safety and that my family always supports me.

The habit of cooperation has become widespread among my family members because we meet and talk and each one of us knows the other’s problem and tries to help him solve this problem.

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Essay writing is an important skill for kids because it helps them think deeply about a topic and conclude. It also helps with sentence structure, vocabulary, coming up with ideas, and presenting them in words. In the lower primary classes, students are taught the importance of good habits. One way in which the teachers focus on this topic is by assigning it for essay writing. An essay on Good Habits for classes 1, 2 & 3 can give kids many ideas for writing about their good practices as they learn how to write short and long compositions.

‘Healthy Habits’ is a great essay topic as ample knowledge on this helps kids grow up happy and healthy. We all need good habits in our daily lives. These are mostly taught to us when we are young and stay with us until the end. Let us guide your child with some essential points for writing a good essay on habits.

A broad topic like good habits for an essay can be complicated for young students to understand, and that’s why kids need a lot of practice and exposure to language to learn how to write well. If you’re also unsure how to write an essay on good habits for children, consider a few points.

• Everything you write should back up the central point.
• Write a sentence that sums up what you want to say. Lastly, use facts and examples to back up your point.
• There should be an introduction, the body (one to three paragraphs), and the end. Each paragraph should have about three to four sentences, which can change depending on your writing.
• Start your essay by saying what the main point is, and at the end of your essay, you should restate your main point.

Having good habits is like having wisdom. If you keep up the good habits, you will move ahead in life and get more admiration. You can use these 10 points in an essay on good habits for classes 1 and 2.

• Being a good person comes from having good habits.
• Successful people have good habits that help them grow in life.
• Everyone respects people with good habits.
• If you have good habits, everyone will look up to you.
• Good habits help you learn how to control yourself.
• An excellent social reputation depends on good habits.
• Having good habits can make your life better.
• Healthy habits help you stay healthy.
• A happy life is built on good habits.
• Good habits will attract friends and company.

Good habits are vital for good health. It is possible to develop a variety of healthy habits that are helpful to one’s health. Children will learn to write a paragraph by reading this small essay on good habits.

Good habits are essential for having good education and behaviour. It is the foundation for the growth of everyone. We need time and determination to develop good practice. We need to be disciplined as it’s difficult to leave bad habits behind. Having good manners is a stepping stone. We need to practice all positive values such as hard work, punctuality, honesty and more until it becomes a routine. Everyone loves and looks up to someone with good habits. If we have clean habits, maintain good hygiene, appear well-groomed and remain tidy, people will find us attractive and will want to be our friends. Right from children to elders, we all should have good habits to be better people.

Good habits have a great impact on a person’s lifestyle and progress in their work. Writing an essay on good habits will allow kids to know more about this crucial asset of life and they will feel encouraged to embrace some good habits in their disposition. Here is a template for your reference:

Healthy living needs a healthy body as it is the base of progress and happiness. For our body and mind to stay healthy, we must follow some good habits. We can have a healthy lifestyle by taking essential steps as follows.

Structured Timetable

Keeping a good schedule every day is very important. We should try to eat three to four healthy meals a day, drink a lot of water, and maintain a fitness routine like walking, jogging, or running. This regime keeps the body healthy and balanced, which is the key to keeping the mind healthy.

Sincerity And Honesty

Being honest is an essential good habit because it shapes our overall disposition. We can show honesty in many ways, such as by telling the truth, admitting mistakes, recognising and fixing errors, not slandering other people, and analysing and improving ourselves.

To succeed in all aspects of life in today’s world, we must be honest and work hard. The goal should be to do the best work that benefits us and the people we are with. Work ethic and honesty are the best traits to develop for school or a job.

Punctuality

Being on time is one of the best habits to succeed in life and is an essential aspect of life. Being on time gives us confidence because it creates a good impression and shows how interested and honest we are in our work.

Whether old or young, we need to learn to value other people. What we offer always comes back to us. People will respect us if we treat them with respect. We should always be respectful enough to say “thank you” and “I’m sorry” when appropriate.

Cleanliness

We need to keep our surroundings clean. We need to make sure that our habits are good for the environment, and don’t cause any damage to it. Small acts like not littering, reducing the use of plastic and using dustbins will help us keep our environment clean. We need to maintain the same habit of keeping everything neat and tidy at home. When things go wrong, it’s hard to find anything if the place is messy.

Sharing is one of the most important values that helps us show love and care towards others. It develops the feeling of compassion, empathy, and togetherness.

Here are some reasons why good habita are important:

• To help you reach your goals and dreams.
• To make lifelong friends.
• Family, friends, and people, in general, will respect you more.
• Having good habits makes your life better.
• You will achieve more success.
• People will be willing to help you when you need it.

These good habits will help you succees in life:

• Wake up, and go to bed early
• Always be kind and polite to other people
• Respect your friends, teachers, and elders
• Have fun with good people
• Read and learn all the time
• Have a plan to study

Writing a composition on good habits will teach your youngster to organise their thoughts. In this way, they will learn how to structure their thoughts and ideas into the paragraphs that make up the body of their essay. They will feel motivated to absorb some good habits in their routine too.

Good habits take time to form and need discipline. Children need to learn good habits from an early age. We can live a healthy life if we keep up with good habits.

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Creating Positive Change: Good Study Habits Essay

Good study habits are best described as a set of tools that facilitate an increase of the amount of information learned and also make the information to be remembered for a long time. Well, I did not grow up with good study habits, I used to spend most of my free time playing video games, watching movies and listening to music, and hardly doing my homework. Despite my parents’ effort of taking me to a good school, I paid little attention to schoolwork. As a result of these, I registered very poor school grades, which in turn led to frustrations both for me and my parents. It is this experience that made me convict myself to creating a positive change towards studying my school work. I realized that developing good study habits was paramount because through them, I could gain success and satisfaction during the school years and the same could be extended to the working world.

The journey towards attaining this positive change has not been easy though. I am still working on this endeavor. The very first step I am taking is to make sure that, my home is a good place to study. For any positive results to be attained in studying at home, the home environment should be made conducive for thinking. It is now clear to me that, I can only concentrate on one thing at a time; this then means that, the home environment should be free from noise and distraction. In light of the importance of quietness and less distraction, I now design a time chart for one week in which I allocate study time late in the afternoons and early evening because at this time there is minimal activity in my house.

The second step I am taking to make this change happen is to eliminate common distractions such as television, radio, and stereo, just to mention but a few. Well, I was used to studying in a noisy environment. But at the moment, I switch off the television and reduce the volume of the radio while studying. I am optimistic that, within a short time, I will be able to study in absolute silence. Furthermore, I have arranged for phone time when I can make or receive calls to avoid disruptions during study time. In addition, I have informed my friends of the appropriate time they can visit me. Lastly, I keep all the supplies I need in the study area, for instance, pens, papers, clips, calculators, and many others.

The third important step I am taking to make this change happen is providing physical conditions in the study area that are conducive for concentration. To achieve this, I have good lighting, cool temperatures, a comfortable chair, and a table to help me be alert.

For me to have reached where I am now, it took me hard work and patience. When I was starting to cultivate this habit, I felt fatigued and was almost giving up. I even lost some of my friends. Sticking to the goal of developing good study habits in order to make a change for the better, has made me realize the importance of developing a routine and term commitment to each and every decision I make in life. It is through this experience that I also realize, good concentration doesn’t just come but it takes time and patience to shape.

In conclusion, good study habits are acquired and developed by an individual. In order to achieve this, it is equally important to set a study time for work at home, allocate a comfortable amount of work every day without being too pushy, provide a conducive studying environment free from destructions and noise, and above all have a positive attitude, commitment, and patience.

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Essay on Good Study Habits

Students are often asked to write an essay on Good Study Habits in their schools and colleges. And if you’re also looking for the same, we have created 100-word, 250-word, and 500-word essays on the topic.

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100 Words Essay on Good Study Habits

Setting a study schedule.

Creating a study plan helps you manage time wisely. Choose a time of day when you can focus best, maybe after a snack or playtime. Stick to this schedule every day to make studying a normal part of your routine.

Quiet Study Space

Find a peaceful place at home where you can study without noise. Keep this area clean and organized with all your study materials, like books and pencils, so you won’t be distracted looking for things.

Taking Breaks

Studying for too long can make you tired. After every 30 minutes, take a short break. Walk around or stretch to feel fresh and ready to learn more.

Asking Questions

When you don’t understand something, ask a teacher, parent, or friend for help. It’s important to clear up confusion right away so you can keep learning without any doubts.

Reviewing Your Notes

After school, go over your notes from class. This helps you remember what you learned and makes homework easier. Before tests, read your notes again to prepare.

250 Words Essay on Good Study Habits

To build good study habits, making a plan is key. Think of it like a timetable that tells you what to study and when. It’s important because it helps you use your time wisely. Try to study at the same times each day so your brain gets into a routine.

Creating a Perfect Study Spot

Your study area should be quiet, comfortable, and free from distractions. Keep your books and supplies in this spot so you’re ready to get to work. A good study space helps you focus and do your best.

Taking Notes

When you’re learning something new, write down the important points. Your notes can be short and simple. Later, you can read them again to remember what you learned. This makes studying for tests easier.

Asking for Help

If something is hard to understand, don’t be shy to ask for help. You can talk to your teacher, friends, or family. They can explain things in a different way that might make more sense to you.

Reviewing Often

Go over your notes a little bit every day. This is better than waiting until the day before a test. When you review often, the information stays fresh in your mind.

Rest and Health

Good sleep and eating healthy are part of studying well. Your brain needs rest to work at its best. Try to sleep enough and choose healthy snacks when you’re studying.

Remember, good study habits are about being regular, organized, and taking care of yourself. Stick to these simple rules, and you’ll be able to learn better and remember more.

500 Words Essay on Good Study Habits

Understanding good study habits.

Good study habits are like secret tools that help you learn better and faster. Imagine your brain as a garden. Just like a garden needs the right care to grow, your brain needs good habits to learn new things. These habits can make studying less hard and more fun.

Planning Your Study Time

One important habit is planning when to study. Think of it like setting up a playdate with your books. You choose a time when you can focus without being disturbed, maybe after a snack or playtime. Having a set time every day trains your brain to be ready to learn at that time.

Creating a Study Space

Your study space is like your personal learning zone. It should be quiet, tidy, and have everything you need, like pencils, paper, and your books. A good space helps you focus and keeps you from wasting time looking for things.

Setting Goals

Setting goals is like having a treasure map for your studies. You decide what you want to learn or how much you want to read each day. Small goals can lead to big wins, and when you reach your goal, it feels great!

Taking notes is like drawing your own learning map. When you write down important points from what you’re studying, it helps you remember them better. Your notes are a quick guide that you can look at before tests.

When you don’t understand something, asking questions is a super power. It’s okay not to know everything. Asking helps you learn, and teachers are there to help you understand.

Going over what you’ve learned, again and again, is like practicing a sport. The more you review, the better you remember. You can use flashcards, read your notes, or teach someone else what you’ve learned.

Staying Organized

Keeping your notes, books, and schedule organized is like keeping your toys in order. When everything is in the right place, you can find what you need quickly and it makes studying easier.

Just like you need rest after playing, your brain needs breaks during study time. Short breaks help you stay fresh and pay attention. You can stretch, walk around, or just close your eyes for a few minutes.

Staying Healthy

Eating well, sleeping enough, and moving your body keep your brain sharp. Think of healthy habits as fuel for your brain. Just like a car needs gas to run, your brain needs good food and rest to work best.

Getting Help When Needed

Sometimes, even with good habits, studying can be tough. It’s smart to ask for help when you need it. This could be from a teacher, a family member, or a friend. Everyone needs help sometimes, and it’s a part of learning.

In conclusion, good study habits are key to doing well in school and learning new things. By planning your time, setting up a nice study space, writing goals, taking notes, and asking questions, you can become a super learner. Remember to review what you’ve learned, stay organized, take breaks, stay healthy, and get help when you need it. These habits will make studying easier and more successful for you.

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Essay on Good Habits

What is a habits? That is a thing that a person does often almost without thinking. That may be good or bad, pleasing or irritating, productive or destructive.

What are the good habits and what are the bad habits? Sleeping till late in the morning is a bad habit. Chewing meals quietly is a good habit. Chewing meals noisily is a bad habit. Doing today’s work, today itself is a good habit and putting off today’s work to tomorrow is a bad habit. Like that we can name and describe a lot of good habits and bad habits, pleasing habit and irritating habit and productive habits and destructive habits.

What habit are more easier for us to from? Good habits or bad habits. The natural trend or inclination of men is to follow the easy or less resistive path. Sleeping till very late on a cold morning is more easier and comfortable then getting up early. Chewing meals noisily is easier then doing all of them today itself.

Although the bad habits are easy to from, they yield disadvantageous and destructive results. Although the good habits are difficult to from, once we have formed them, they breed better results and benefits. Getting up early in the morning is a good, pleasing and productive habit. “The morning has a gold in it’s mouth” is a well-known saying among the Germans.

It is also said that “God gives help and lends his hand to him who rises early in the morning” The English men say that “Early to bed and early to rise makes a men healthy, wealthy and wise”. The saying that “The energetic men and his bed are soon parted” is an eternal truth.

Getting up late in the morning is a bad, irritating and destructive habit. Philosopher Whately, has condensed all the disadvantageous and destructive results bred by late rising in the flowing brief saying. “Lose an hour in the morning and you will be all day hunting for it.”

Chewing meals noisily is a bad and irritating habit. It annoys others and makes other detest for you. Doing today’s work, today itself is a good, pleasing and productive habit. It leaves you with enough time and a fresh mind to attend to your other work and permits a sound sleep at night. As an indian saint has said “The two most beautiful things in the world are, the starry sky above us and the feeling of duty in us.” It will give you happiness and encouragement. Putting off today’s work to tomorrow is a bad, irritating and destructive habit. It steals your time and piles an accumulation of work for tomorrow. It destroys your happiness too, because arrears of undone work is always weighing your head.

Just as the body is made of cells, the character is made of habits. A bundle of good habits from a good character. “Character is a men’s best capital.” “The crown and glory of life is character.” The following saying stresses the value of good habits. “A men without character is a workman without tools, a soldier without arms, a traveler without money.”

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Essay on Good Habits

Good habits are very important in life. They are instilled mostly during childhood and stay with us till the end. We have covered below many aspects of good habits through three different essays, of varying word lengths, on good habits. These essays cover all the significant points about good habits. Hope you will enjoy reading and learning them:

Short and Long Essays on Good Habits in English

Essay on Good Habits for students of class 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and class 12 in English in 100, 150, 200, 250, 300, 500 words. Also find short Good Habits essay 10 lines.

Good Habits Essay 10 Lines (100 – 150 Words)

1) Good habits make you a good person.

2) Good habits help you to achieve success.

3) People with good habits are respected everywhere.

4) Good habits make you everyone’s favorite.

5) Good habits help you to develop self-discipline.

6) It is important in making a good social reputation.

7) Good habits can improve your quality of living.

8) Good habits help to keep you healthy.

9) A good habit is a key to happiness.

10) A good habit gives you a good friend and a good environment.

Essay 1 (250 Words) – What are Good Habits and Benefits

Introduction

Good habits are essential for making success in life. They are beneficial not only to the one who possesses them but also to others as well.

Good Habits for Success in Life

Good habits are very important to be successful in life. A person with good habits makes steady progress in studies, career, personal life, and all. On the other hand, a person with bad habits, however talented he/she is, will one day lose the successes in life.

List of Good Habits for a Successful Life

These are the list of good habits essential for a successful life –

• Going to bed early and waking up early.
• Always polite and considerate towards others.
• Being respectful to elders, teachers, and friends.
• Spending time in a good company.
• Constantly reading and learning.
• Studying in a disciplined way.

Benefits of Good Habits in Daily Life

These are some benefits of good habits in daily life –

• Help you achieve your dreams and objectives.
• Earn you good friends for life.
• You earn more respect from family, friends, and society as well.
• Good habits improve the quality of your life.
• You become more productive and gain success.
• You gain the trust of people who are ready to help you in need.

Good habits are very essential for making progress in everyday life and also for making success. If you have good habits and follow them every day, then there is nothing you should be worrying about.

Essay 2 (400 Words) – List of Good Habits and How to Develop Them

Good habits are like a virtue in life. If you keep your habits good, you will keep moving up in life and gain respect. One could possess several good habits to get benefit from. Good habits are mostly instilled during childhood and stay till the end. In this essay, we will know about some essential good habits, how to develop them in kids and also their benefits in everyday life.

List of Some Important Good Habits

One could possess hundreds of good habits; however, I have given below some of the essential good habits required in daily life.

You should look neat and clean as well as adopt good personal hygiene. Cleanliness is a habit and essentially a good one.

You should be polite to others you meet, irrespective of their weaknesses or strengths. If you are so, you have definitely some good habits.

Discipline is the most important good habit that one can possess. It helps at every stage in life. A disciplined person always progresses in life.

Being respectful to others, whether they are poor, weak, or small, is definitely a good habit. It will also earn you respect and love from others.

Gratitude is also a good habit and an essential one at that. It is the quality of being thankful for an act of kindness, others have done to you.

How to Develop Good Habits in Kids and Children

The earlier good habits are developed in humans the better. Therefore, it is advisable to develop good habits in children. Below are some of the ways to develop good habits in kids and children.

• Become a Role Model Yourself

Kids learn from their parents. They copy your behavior and conduct in their own real-life situations. So, the first thing to do if you want your child good mannered is to be good mannered yourself.

• Express Compassion

You must teach your kids to be compassionate towards others. Teach them to respect weak and poor, Tell them that all humans and animals can feel pain and insult and must be treated with respect.

• Instill Discipline

If you want your child to be well mannered, first teach him/her discipline. Only a disciplined child will be open for all the teaching and guidance, necessary for a productive life.

• Reward and Interrupt

Reward the children appropriately when you see then displaying good mannerism, but also remember to interrupt them when they cross the limit.

Developing good manners in children is a continuous and ongoing process and will require time. But in the end, it will turn them into productive and successful adults.

Essay 3 (500 – 600 Words) – Meaning and Importance of Good Habits

Good habits are very essential in life in several ways.  It is important for everyone irrespective of age. It is as important for a child to have good habits as it is important for an adult. Good habits are the foundation of your social life and also your achievements. In the essay, we will discuss several aspects of good habits like meaning, importance, benefits, etc.

Meaning of Good Habits

Good habits usually refer to your moral conduct and also your way of living. It is the way you treat others and behave with them. Being polite and considerate toward others is considered a good habit. If you meet others with a smile and treat everyone with respect then you have good social habits.

Apart from good social habits, how you treat yourself and your surroundings also matters. Keeping yourself neat and tidy always is considered a good habit. Similarly, if you keep your room clean and tidy, it is also a good habit. Brushing your teeth twice daily, clipping your nails from time to time, not littering are some of the good habits.

Likewise, there are many good habits that one can possess. These habits shape up your complete personality and define who you are and how you are. The society we live in, value good habits and acknowledge it.

Importance of Good Habits

Good habits in life are very important due to their several advantages. They impact our social and personal lives as well as the lives of others, up to some extent. Below listed are some of the importance of good habits, explaining how they benefit us.

• Ensures Good Health

Good habits pertaining to your personal hygiene play a vital role in keeping you healthy and out of the reach of diseases. Washing hands regularly, brushing teeth, wearing tidy clothes are some of the good habits that will keep you away from diseases and infections.

• Better Social Recognition

A person with good habits is loved and respected by everyone. If you look tidy and have polite manners, you will attract new friends. Such a person is always treated with respect in society and is remembered or called on every occasion. People don’t hesitate to associate with you if you have good habits.

• Makes Life Valuable

Good habits have an obvious impact on your life, making it more valuable. Valuable in the sense, that you will be more recognized, acknowledged, and promoted in different quarters. You will achieve the maximum in whatever you seek. Your life will not only have value for yourself but also for others in your life – family, friends, relatives, and all.

• Makes Life Productive

Good habits also make your life more productive. This has something to do with your own self-esteem and personal health. If you have good habits then you will not only feel good about yourself but also give your 100% in your work. Apart from that, you will get support from external quarters as well.

• Helps You Succeed

Good habits help you succeed in life in several ways. People, colleagues, friends, and relatives all are more than eager to help you if you are well mannered. Your boss will love you too, guiding you through hurdles.  So many good things in your life gradually become a reason for your success.

Good habits are very essential to progress in life and leave a mark. They are the most valuable asset a human can possess. You can lose money and materialistic possessions, but if your habits are good, you will regain them with hard work and support of friends and family.

FAQs: Frequently Asked Questions

Ans . It is important for parents to teach their children good habits at an early age so that doing it repeatedly will come into a regular habit.

Ans . The three magic words for developing good habits are Please, Thank you, and Sorry.

Ans . Children who respect their elders and do their work on time are called obedient children.

Ans . Good habits are taught to us by our parents and teachers.

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