Happy 100th post!
In honor of this milestone, I've put together a list of 10 ways blogging has helped me to improve my writing skills and reach my writing goals:
1. It’s helped me to further develop my own writing “style” and narrative voice
2. It’s forced me to write on a regular basis each and every week—maybe not every day, but just about
3. It’s reconnected me with the basics of grammar and the mechanics of writing—definitely not something I think about much, so sometimes I get lazy with it
4. I’ve “met” other bloggers who write about similar topics so I don’t have to feel I’m the only one struggling with a particular issue
5. I’ve been learning about things that every freelancer needs to know (i.e. taxes, finding/keeping clients, etc.), and that I'm not well-versed in
6. Other bloggers’ topics often inspire posts of my own
7. Writing regularly forces me to keep coming up with ideas for posts; this has helped to generate ideas for articles
8. Guest posting for others helps to promote my own blog and direct new readers to it
9. I’ve gotten a few opportunities to write blog posts as a regular paying gig
10. Blogging has helped to introduce me to new authors and writers through blog tours and guest posts
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