Perhaps the best way to improve writing is to read good writing, and not just 140-character tweets or Facebook shares

I don’t have time to read,” the interviewer replied.

The best writers learn from others

They need to learn that the writing process is not linear” and includes pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing and sharing, with components of that process repeated often.

Writing takes time, in preparation and in actually writing

If students are not being asked to read and write on a regular basis in their course work,” the authors wrote, “it is hard to imagine how they will improve their capacity to master performance tasks that involve critical thinking, complex reasoning, and writing.”

Good writing takes practice, and it seems that many college students, especially outside of writing-intensive liberal arts majors, are just not being asked to write often enough

Near the end of the conversation, the interviewer complained about how difficult it is to find good writers these days