There is no other way than to read and write a lot. And it will take years but don't let that stop you. Focus on the process.
A favorite book on this subject is 'on writing' by stephen king. One thing he describes that is important to all improvement is a feedback cycle, in other words, write, get criticisms, then re-write. I've found anecdotally that many good writers had a period in their life where they would re-write the same things many times. "Writing is re-writing" the quote goes.
Personally Ive found that I have to work on silencing the inner critic. If not, I find it difficult to write much of anything. My matra is usually 'get the basic idea down, then worry about it later' in rewriting of course.
A favorite book on this subject is 'on writing' by stephen king. One thing he describes that is important to all improvement is a feedback cycle, in other words, write, get criticisms, then re-write. I've found anecdotally that many good writers had a period in their life where they would re-write the same things many times. "Writing is re-writing" the quote goes.
Personally Ive found that I have to work on silencing the inner critic. If not, I find it difficult to write much of anything. My matra is usually 'get the basic idea down, then worry about it later' in rewriting of course.
PG's writings on this are also relevant: http://www.paulgraham.com/love.html