[mahmud]

Everyone who replied to you recommended practicing by writing. I would say practice by SPEAKING. Writing is clarity of though + inner voice. "Pitch" your goals to friends and family, one at a time, and run to the keyboard that moment when everything clicks and you have your most powerful tone. You would be surprised by the quality of your writing then.

I even use casual associates; I call them out of the blue months later to catch up, and when it's time for me to answer the "so what you been up to" question, fireworks happen.