The 10,000 hour rule for writers

Have you heard of the 10,000 hour rule? It is said that in order for one to become skilled at something, one has to put in 10,000 hours of work to hone said skill.

Sci-fi writer Brad Torgersen could be an adherent of this rule. No, scratch that. I don’t think he believes in the 10,000 hour rule; I have a feeling he won’t stop at 10,000 hours. He’ll probably keep on chugging past the 100,000 hour mark.

In his blog post, On Not Quitting, he writes that writers must keep on plugging despite gett...