There’s a big difference between
wanting to be a writer
and doing the required preparatory work
Preparatory work includes already having a strong interest in reading and listening to written and spoken content.
Specifically:
A person wanting to be a business writer/journalist, particularly in B2B, will already be reading and/or listening to many business communications media such as business articles, newsletters, podcasts, books, blogs, and websites.
Similarly:
Becoming a novelist requires reading many novels, studying novels and having a strong interest in doing so. ***
Ditto to become a short story writer.
Becoming a poet requires the same type of dedication towards reading and studying poetry.
It’s often the idea of being a writer that people like.
But “walking the talk” not so much.
__ Dennis Mellersh Business Media Writer, Journalist, Editor
Creative thinking and the creative process 