That's my biggest problem, how do you improve your written communication without an editor? You can do the same thing over and over and call it practice, but without a reviewer how will you magically improve this skill?
1. Post stuff for people to view. Pay attention to what is popular, and what isn't
2. Read stuff aloud before posting
3. Read widely, and pay attention to writing you like.
I got started by writing a travel blog during a yearlong trip. I posted each entry to Facebook. When an entry got a lot of comments/views, I could tell it was better. I also got confidence that I was writing well.
As I kept writing, I always made sure to show my work. And I found that reading aloud helped me find awkwards parts.
Finally, I got started during a time when I was reading lots of blogs and novels. Good reading will help your writing.
That's about it. Practice, tempered by feedback and observing the work of others.
> Pay attention to what is popular, and what isn't
So poorly written, navel gazing, clickbait titled, troll bait articles about how X tech sucks and we used Y and here's what happened next™ posted on Medium?
I'd rather not blog at all if what's popular on HN is our goal :-)
The problem doing that with technical writing is that your audience isn't going to be judging you on your writing skills, they'll be judging you on the technical content. OP isn't worried about their technical content, they're worried about their writing skills. The technical audience is going to be affected by writing skills (it'll affect how well points are made, etc), but they aren't going to give feedback on that part. "Just ship it" doesn't work with soft skills.
I disagree! Maybe the relationship is less direct but practicing skills like writing, speaking and networking is one of the best ways to improve (reading about sick skills is another)
