Nathan Barry argues that "just sit down and write" is bad advice. Writing a book requires mastering dozens of micro-skills like structure, pacing, and character development, not just writing ability. It's like learning guitar: knowing chords doesn't mean you can play a song.
If you want to drive me insane, give the advice of like, hey, you got a book idea, just sit down and write it. Okay. That's like saying, hey, your favorite song is Hotel California. Just pick up a guitar and play it. Well, no. Well, why not? Oh, well, you have to know how to like play chords and notes and how to tune a guitar and pick a guitar. You got to strum. To play the guitar is like, call it 20 different micro skills you have to learn and then put together, and then you get to go be creative. Writing is the same way. Just because you can write an email or a blog post doesn't mean that you can write a book. Like, it's a completely different skill set.
