I read poetry. I love books on food and travel. Whether a wondrous story or a hilarious passage of dialogue or a beautiful sentence or a memorable image, every bit of reading I do helps my own writing. The rhythm of language and the way words combine to communicate more than their dictionary meanings infuse the serious reader's mind and emerge transformed when that reader sits down to write. I'll offer a few more basic tips.
Writing is a highly personal, idiosyncratic endeavor.
Advice that works for one writer may not work for another. Discipline This tip I gleaned from author Katherine Paterson. Her books The Spying Heart and The Gates of Excellence are wonderful collections of essays on writing for children. Ms. Paterson explains that her method is to write two pages per day , every day. That's about 500 words, which works well for me.