One can have a superb vocabulary and amazing diction, but without the proper grammar, the writing can be God-awful and a headache to read. Ergo, I plead that one will respect punctuation. Know your commas and your semi-colons. Keep the same voice throughout the piece and don't stray off topic. If you are writing creatively and have an army of original characters, keep them in character. Develop their personalities, their strengths and their weaknesses. If the reader wants to connect to your character, they can't be perfect because, well, no one is perfect. Likewise, the writer must search themselves for their own flaws and work towards ultimate improvement.
Practice won't harm either. How can one improve without practice? "Practice makes perfect," after all. Practice with different styles--experiment. Learn how to manipulate words to adapt to a variety of situations. Don't be afraid to cross taboo boundaries, either. Write a steamy love scene or about a morbid homicide. Go all out. Play with different possibilities.. Most of all, don't be afraid of the reader. You are supposed to manipulate them, not the other way around. Control them, change their state of mind with your words. Laugh and the world laughs with you.
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