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jameswharris.wordpress.com - 12/5/2008
10,000 Hours to Greatness
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What was your adolescent dream ambition?  Rock star, football player, violinist, chess master, actress, master chef, writer, film director, video game programmer, reporter, politician?   I wanted to be another Robert A. Heinlein on most days.  On other days, I pictured ...

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Mike Brotherton: SF Writer — Jim Harris talks about how it takes 10,000 hours to master a talent. I agree that is the right ballpark figure. He also talks about what he has mastered — reading books and watching TV/movies. That is probably the norm for the USA and the world. When you show movie virgins projected images, they don’t want subtlety or clever shots.  They want the novelty of the medium.  You have to introduce it to them slowly. The same is true of any specialized medium, particularly genre. People with access to books and TV ...

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