Consuming more content in the same general niche that I'm looking to crack into has helped me a lot with the writing/pacing of things (as well as feedback here!).
A good foundation makes good content and I'm happy to say I feel like my writing has tightened up a lot for my next big project. I'm trimming fat from a lot of my writing and trying to convey my points as concisely and time efficiently as possible and reading it back I feel like I can notice the difference already.