*sit in a comfertable place.

*imagine that you're alone - now, i know that you're probebly alone ... but in your mind your NOT. the alone part is meant for you to write for your self and from your inner being and not for other peopel opinions or concerns. when you're really alone in your room, you are free with your writing because there's no one else to judge of oppose (but your self of course but you can write that :) ).

things i belive you can add to that:

• heart chakra music while you are writing.
• addopt the belife that when you're alone in your room you dont have to be a perfectionist, you can do what ever you want and how many mistakes you want and still everything will be fine. (and in fact we are alone in this warld.....)
• its not your obligation to please others, you're completely free in your jurney. you dont have to teach and others dont have to learn and vice versa - meditate on that if youd like.
• writing if fun, it can be your kind of an expretion of your heart place. maybe say for 30 days "i love writing its the best thing for me, i express my self best when i write etc.

You already seem to be heading there with the way you wrote your question.

As mentioned by Igot7, just write like you talk. Perhaps like you would have done on MSN or Yahoo messenger back in the day (I am guessing it possible by your age).

People naturally adapt and pick up the language around them. So if you want to write simply - then perhaps read some simply written books. Such as young children's books.

For specific exercises, I would recommend a book: "The Brilliance Breakthrough: How to Talk and Write So That People Will Never Forget You" by Eugene Schwartz.

Schwartz was a copywriter who sold, last I heard, about $2 Billion worth of product through his written words. Many of them, incidentally, books on topics related to this site.

Though he was a copywriter, the book has nothing to do with copy-writing or sales directly. It is purely on writing in a clear and engaging manner.

Full Disclosure: I have never done the exercises. But people I know who make a lot of money selling with their written word swear by it.

It's out of print currently (although, I heard through the grapevine it will be back in print soon). Used copies "sell" (I doubt they actually sell, but they are listed...) at $4,000+

It is still available though...

P.S. Nice to see you back.

Write haiku. I like the 5/7/5 syllable form.

This teaches you focus, concentration and to use fewer words. A lot of good writing is about knowing what to strike out.

I recommend to take a heavily-edited approch to writing as a practice step.

First, write a paragraph as you speak.

Then go over it, and with every sentence, ask yourself: Could this be condensed to something shorter and simpler? Could it be left out? Could these sentences could be combined? Same for words. Does this belong here? Does this add anything to the meaning? Reduce and simplify, reduce and simplify.

To help answering these questions, decide: Who you are writing for, and what the main thing is you want to get across. Pick exactly one- others may still read it, but let them make the compromise.

After having done that, you might rewrite the paragraph conversionally again, and it may flow more easily. Then, do it again- reduce and simplify.

This sounds like a lot of work to write a lousy paragraph- but on the one hand, that just comes with the territory of concise writing- it still is just as heavily loaded with meaning as expanded writing. On the other hand, it's just more work until it gets habitual, then you will eventually need far fewer rewrites because you made "reduce and simplify" writing and conversational habit.

The second issue to watch out for is how much knowledge you assume. The easiest way to avoid it is to briefly explain any jargon or people or company names that you use.

To maintain brevity, find common-language synonyms for any jargon you might encounter that you don't strictly need to use. Use psychic skills do find those- Connect with the central bank and ask it to describe "quantitative easing" in comprehensible terms, and it might say "well, that's when I gift money to banks so they don't go broke". So you write "The Fed, the central bank of the U.S., gave all the other banks lots of money- they thought it would be bad for everyone if they went broke." instead of a bunch of cryptic riddles that commonly express the same sentiment. Note that some experts might not like you for exposing the gist of what they do to non-initiates.

In a spiritual text, you might write: Metatron, the Jewish angel of measurements, is commonly called upon by New-Agers to help heal ailments from another lifetime. This simple sentence could, in meaning, replace an entire book of more reverant language.

You can lose poetry writing this way, but it lends itself to dry wit. Sometimes the clarity exposes underlying comical human behavior so you don't usually have to try very hard.

I suggest to read a lot of "The Economist" for countless excamples of this kind of economical writing- they seem to be taking it further and further every day.