Pg. 2
Learning about writing won’t help you write better unless you actually apply what you learn to a story in progress — just as learning about the ideal golf swing won’t improve your score unless you actually practice on the links. There’s no substitute for practice. The Mariana Trench doesn’t get crossed by discussing it.
Nor will this book help you improve the quality of the story in your head. That vision comes from everything about you: your experiences, your imagination, your beliefs about the world, your powers of perception, your interests, your sophistication, your previous reading, your soul. Vision, sometimes called talent, is not a teachable attribute.
What is teachable, and what this book can help you with, is craft. Craft is the process of getting the story in your head onto the page in a form that readers can follow, and remain interested in, and enjoy.
Writing is like walking. It can’t be taught. It has to be learnt, and learnt the hard way. It’s up to you to create and maintain balance and momentum, it’s up to you to pick yourself up when you fall [and not mind the boo-boo's so much]:
crawl > stand > walk > run
It’s a natural progression of developing abilities.
Um, I think you mixed up your greater than with the less than sign:
crawl < stand < walk < run
Think of “>” as an arrow showing a direction, rather than a mathematical symbol in a non-mathematical statement.
Region says : I absolutely agree with this !