Reflective Essay: My Writing Is A Craft

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“ I then said that the professional writer must established a daily schedule and stick to it. I said that writing is a craft, not an art, and that the man who runs away from his craft because he lacks inspiration is fooling himself.” (Zinsser 4). Here Zinsser is being pretty clear, when you 're writing, you should look as it a skilled craft not simply art. Whenever I write, it 's for sport, a hobby that I simply choose to take up. You would never believe how many writing projects I have dropped just because I 've lost inspiration to finish/continue them. Prior to reading this chapter I never thought of writing as anything more than just a hobby. But if I want my writing to get serious or better it shouldn 't be a hobby. I should treat it as a