The fastest way to get better at writing (video series)

[Mason]

A while back, I did a survey here asking how people improve their writing. I also surveyed other subs, and after getting around 1,000 responses, the recommended improvement strategies fell into seven main categories:

Write, read, get feedback, study, edit, enjoy art, and live.

They're pretty obvious categories, but the research I've done on the topic of expertise science suggests they're not enough. Simply doing a thing over and over again, after establishing basic competence at it, won't make you better at that thing (source: "Peak" by Anders Ericsson and Robert Pool). What *is* proven to work is something called deliberate practice (I talk about how DP applies to writing in my youtube series here, if you're interested: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list...).

What do you guys think of the seven categories? Do you apply them all, on a consistent basis, in your own writing practice?