we need to read "outliers" by malcolm gladwell.
The TIME article on the book has a good premise ... it happens to be one I preach with a simple rule: the 10,000 hours it takes to be good at something or 10 years.
Too bad in my field, you spend 12 years getting a BS, MS, and PhD ... then you spend 1-4 getting a Post-doc. Then you are good enough to do Research and teach.
It DOES take a long time to get good at something. Even a child prodigy spends hours practicing and refining their craft...
ReplyDeleteWriting is the same. Often I think books get released before their time - before the author has had a chance to find their true voice.
Thanks for sharing!
Madison