Writing is like anything else. You can have natural talent, but mostly you need to practice. And you’ll be bad at it for a long time, then not very good for a long time, then only ok for a long time. It will be years before you’re really good at it.
People automatically understand this about, say, playing the violin or being a doctor, but for some reason often don’t get that writing takes years of practice just like anything else and there simply is no shortcut.
Writing is like anything else. You can have natural talent, but mostly you need to practice. And you’ll be bad at it for a long time, then not very good for a long time, then only ok for a long time. It will be years before you’re really good at it.
People automatically understand this about, say, playing the violin or being a doctor, but for some reason often don’t get that writing takes years of practice just like anything else and there simply is no shortcut.