Becoming an Effective Writer

Tip # 1

Read stories of great/famous writers

This is the place to start. If you don't read great writing, you won't know how to do it. In short you can get some ideas on how to write, the way they narrate and describe the character and by feeling their stories intensely. Everyone starts by learning from the masters, by emulating them, and then through them, you find your own voice. For sure it will inspire you to write your best. Most important is to read a lot of their works. Just read and read and read a lot as much as possible. Pay close attention to style and mechanics in addition to content.

Here are some examples of great writers according to their genre:

Romance

1. Jane Austen (1775-1817)

At first mention, it is hard to categorically accept as a romance author even though she has penned some of the best romantic fiction novels of the English literature including Pride and Prejudice (1813), Sense and Sensibility (1811) and Persuasion (1818). Unlike other contemporary writers, Austen's novels intersperse love with societal elements having a great deal of emphasis on social norms and female characters.

"In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you." ― Jane Austen, Pride And Prejudice

2. Charlotte Brontë (1816-1855)

"I have for the first time found what I can truly love-I have found you. You are my sympathy-my better self-my good angel-I am bound to you with a strong attachment. I think you good, gifted, lovely: a fervent, a solemn passion is conceived in my heart; it leans to you, draws you to my centre and spring of life, wrap my existence about you-and, kindling in pure, powerful flame, fuses you and me in one." ― Charlotte Brontë, Jane Eyre

3. Emily Brontë (1818-1848)

Shakespeare, Austen and Charlotte Brontë are sometimes believed to be only close runner ups against Emily Brontë's literary masterpiece, Wuthering Heights (1847). The book challenged 19th century Victorian norms about social class, gender, religion and morality. It is unfortunate that her only published novel received widespread criticism in its initial years and Emily did not live to see how it gradually gained acceptability to become one of the most widely read and favourite love stories of all time.

4. Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949)

"Well, my dear, take heart. Someday, I will kiss you and you will like it. But not now, so I beg you not to be too impatient." ― Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind

5. Audrey Niffenegger (1963 - )

Writer, academic, visual artist and most lauded as a graphic novelist, Audrey Niffenegger is an American born 21st century Renaissance woman. Her romantic novel is distinct because of its mix with science fiction in The Time Traveler's Wife (2003) which sold over seven million copies, translated in forty languages and was adapted into a film. Rumour has it that Niffenegger was troubled with her own love life during the time the she wrote this novel
which makes it even more poignant.

"Don't you think it's better to be extremely happy for a short while, even if you lose it, than to be just okay for your whole life?" ― Audrey Niffenegger, The Time Traveler's Wife

6. Nicholas Sparks (1965 - ) +My all time favorite+ lol

Arguably one of the world's most loved romantic storytellers, is an American producer, screenwriter and novelist with seventeen novels to his credit as well as one non fiction book. Nine of his novels were translated into films including The Notebook (1996), A Walk to Remember (1999), Dear John (2006) and Safe Haven (2010) to name a few.

"I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten, but I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough." ― Nicholas Sparks, The Notebook

7. Nora Roberts (1950- )

Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live. ― Nora Roberts, Charmed

8. Jude Deveraux (1947 - )

"There are some things that are as ancient as time, and knowing when a man desires you is one of those." ― Jude Deveraux, Secrets

9. Julie Garwood (1944 - )

10. Judith McNaught (1944 - )

Sci-Fi

1. Jules Verne (1828-1905)

2. H. G. Wells (1866-1946)

3. Robert Heinlein (1907-1988)

Best Book:

Starship Troopers (1959)

4. Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008)

A Space Odyssey (2001)

5. Orson Scott Card (1951 - )

Ender's Game Series

Horror

1. Stephen King

2. Edgar Allen Poe

3. H.P Lovecraft

4. Bram Stoker

Well, that was only few great writers. Check them out!