Nicolas Cole says you can become a competent writer in months by learning a few core rules, but reaching mastery takes two decades. The difference is internalization: A+ writers have lived with the fundamentals so long they disappear into instinct.
If you understand a couple things, you can become a very competent writer very quickly. Becoming proficient at these skills, the difference between like B+ and A+ is like two decades. These are rules that are easy to understand and learn, but they take a long time to really internalize and master. And so the good news is you can get up to speed very quickly and you can monetize these skills very quickly. But if this is a skill that I care about and this is a game I want to play for a long time, I'm going to be on this path for a while. These are things that take a long time, and that's okay.
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