This past year, I read over twenty books, both fiction and nonfiction. Several of those books were amazing reads, others left me a little disappointed. But I learned something new from each one that helped me improve my own writing.

As I read, I tried to pay attention to how the authors implemented storytelling principles, how they handled transitions, how they crafted their opening sentences and concluding paragraphs, etc.

When I came across a paragraph that struck me with its eloquence, I wrote it down. That helped me study