The Secret to Becoming a Great Writer - Comments

Wow there's obviously a lot of people who are much more passionate about writing than me to already have done over 10,000 hours of writing :) Good on you all.

I just read that in an article, and thinking that it would be quite a feat to achieve 10,000 hours of practice of anything, I thought it sounded reasonable. Also because I'm always hearing published authors say when they're giving tips to write something everyday & to practise a lot so I thought it was probably fair enough. But Aelf is probably right in saying, 'some people are great authors because of sheer practice, some have a natural flair, and the very best have both.' Maybe 10,000 hours of practise isn't necessarily required or even enough.

And sorry about the misspelling of 'practice'. I thought the spell check fixed all the misspelled 'practices' but I think it only corrected one. It was my first time using mibba's spell check. It's confusing though because in Australia (where I live) it is spelt 'practise' when you're refering to it as a verb and not a noun. That in itself is very complicated for me to figure out too. Even then it's probably done wrong in the entry though. It's just because I didn't use the spell check properly. I was meaning to change all of them to 'practice'.

Thanks for the comments everyone. It's good reading your thoughts on the topic.

xo

I think becoming pro at something means more than just simply doing it. You can do something and not be giving it your all, and you won't get anywhere no matter how much you do it.

I'm way too lazy....

I'm certainly not pro. I've been writing for six years (way more than 10,000 measly words) and, oh!, I'm still not published.

This isn't all that great of a tip. Nor is it the secret to becoming a great writer.

Know what it is?

Writing and loving it.

it might be a good idea to learn how to spell practice to haha lol

I've definitely spent more than 10,000 hours writing, and...yeah, I'm just going to shake my head at this one.

Everyone improves - or hell, doesn't - at their own speed. 10,000 hours will probably help, but it's certainly no guarantee for anything.

Hmmm... That's interesting. It's a good thing I spend a lot of time on Mibba plus I'm still young =)

Well, you certainly get better by practicing, but there is no absolute rule- it really depends what you mean by 'pro'. You can invest all the time in the world in something, but if you're not reflecting critically on what you're doing, then you won't learn much.

In my humble opinion, some people are great authors because of sheer practice, some have a natural flair, and the very best have both.