Without fail, each time I walked into my magazine writing class in college the black board featured the phrase "Read and Imitate" in giant letters. Robert McClory loved this phrase, often soliciting students to come up with a jingle that would immortalize it.
An accomplished author, McClory discovered that the best way to improve one's writing is to dissect how others do it and try to mimic the style. In doing so, a writer truly master the tools of the trade.
A writing lesson in the The New York Times has a similar approach that is definitely worth perusing.
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