How do you rate as a writer?

New tool lets you score, improve and track your writing skills

By Ann Wylie, president, Wylie Communications Inc.

How do your writing skills stack up?

Find out with Wylie Communications' new writing assessment. This free yardstick will help you identify where you are and how to get to the next level. Plus, you'll get free tips and tools for improving your skills.

In these days of enormous changes in media technology, vast increases in information overload and almost complete transformation in readership habits, monitoring and improving your writing skills is essential.

Take the next step

Not where you want to be yet? Use this tool as a professional-development yardstick. Here's how:

Identify your most urgent skill — something you need to do well every day, but that you couldn't give yourself the highest marks on.

Focus on developing that skill for the next six months. Read books and articles, attend workshops and teleseminars, or do whatever you can to master that single area of expertise.

Retake the assessment and identify your next area for development.

Repeat. As you continue to polish your skills, revisit this assessment every quarter or so. You'll track your progress and identify the next area to focus on for improvement.

That's what the best writers — the masters of their craft — do.

Good luck!

About the author

Ann Wylie works with communicators who want to reach more readers and with organizations that want to get the word out. To learn more about her training, consulting or writing and editing services, contact her at ann@WylieComm.com.

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