Well , look at when he started writing . Look at today ' s date , look at how many books he ' s written in that time . Think about this post again after you ' ve done that . <| sep |> Marked For Death has worked wonders for my sword and board Imperial . <| sep |> Marginally hokeyLol . I ' ve watched Bob Ross quite a few times , if that counts for anything . <| sep |> It really is at the core of all business . On a related note , I think the writing copy out by hand is overrated . I think the modern approach to learning copy is to get your copy on the market as soon as you can , so you can see how the market responds . This is really easy to do these days . Just $ 5 $ 10 a day in Facebook ads will get you started . Getting results , making sales , and spending your own money on ads will teach you more about copy than writing things out by hand .