I have learnt that if you want to improve your writing, you have to write. It doesn't have to be perfect. It doesn't have to showcase your ability, acheive a particular degree of eloquence or be absolutely grammatically correct. It doesn't even have to be half decent. Of course you should try, but in the absence of unlimited time, resources and inspiration, it's more important to just make sure you write something. Get it out of your head and onto paper/a napkin/a blog/an email...anything. Just do it!
The same goes for pretty much any other skill: running, public speaking, languages. You can get all the guidance the world has to offer. There's plenty out there and it'll probably help, but you simply cannot improve without practice.
Now I know what my uncle (& mentor) meant when he said
"Keep writing - other stuff"
Simple and true. The words of a writer.
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