Pros Make It Look Easy

This is somewhat of a continuation of my previous post. It seems all too common that people see a professional and say that the profession is so easy.  Look at dancers, singers, actors, and writers.  Don't all of those things seem so ridiculously easy to do?

How many of them can you do well?  How many of those activities can you do at all?  Have you ever sat down to try them?  If so, has anybody other than yourself said that you did well?


Professionals make their job look good because they are fantastic.  They have put in their hard work.  They have completely internalized their abilities and the techniques with which to use them.  They are still working, but it's something they have done so often that it is completely a part of their bodies.

Nothing is as easy as it looks, especially if you have no knowledge or training it.  That said, it could be made much easier by actually studying and practicing whatever it is that you think is so good.  Trust me, writing is not easy, especially if you have any kind of standards.