Writing is not a competitive sport. Everyone that writes has his or her own voice.
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Every time you write anything, at least half your readers are going to disagree with you. A big part of sports writing is how you respond to that tension.
I think the only way you can become a writer is through honing your voice, creating your own voice.
In all Games, there is always a tendency, particularly in the lead up to the Games when there isn't much sport to talk about, to write about things that are not sport.
Journalism is a team sport. Writing novels is golf: it's you and the ball.
When I'm writing, I'm writing for a particular actor. When a lot of writers are writing, they're writing an idea. So they're not really writing in a specific voice.
I was an athlete, so I have kind of an athletic sensibility towards writing. I can work for many long hours without fatiguing.
Sportswriters have changed more than sportswriting.
With so many young playwrights, the true craft of writing for living voices is not what it used to be. They write for attention spans of 10 minutes between adverts.
Good writing of course requires talent, and no one can teach you to have talent.
Writing is like a contact sport, like football. You can get hurt, but you enjoy it.