YOU should be writing for Motorsportmagazine instead of that other guy! LOL!!!
I wouldn't want the daily pressure of writing for a magazine. I understand how writers often fail in their subject matter. Writing about how an engine works can be boring to those who don't understand the workings of an internal combustion engine.
There is a huge difference between writing a book and writing an article for a magazine. But both require taking the time to edit their piece until it's just right. When writing a book this can take days, weeks, and quite often many months just to get everything just right. They aren't perfectionists, but they have learned the discipline of their craft. Anyone who presents themselves as a writer, automatically believes in what they are doing. It's understood that writing is not their job, or profession, it is a calling. And their approach to writing a magazine article is the same as writing a book. The discipline is the same.
Bad writers are those who presume their writing has achieved a certain level of excellence, they close themselves off to editing or rewriting. Too often they seem haughty and arrogant. Personally I think this comes from being lazy and their fear of not being good enough. Why wouldn't a writer want to edit their piece? Why not rewrite? And so their work ends up being scattered and disconnected, not nearly as good as they think. It's difficult for decent writers to keep their humility because they think they are great now, so they see no need to rewrite or ask for feedback. A great way to learn.
I started - for my own reasons - writing a book about a year and a half ago. I have barely gotten past the first chapter because I am constantly going back, re-reading, making changes, editing, always seeing how I could have written it differently. I also write lyric for my music and I have learned that part of being adept in writing, especially in song lyrics, is knowing when to stop. There is always the one change, that one little edit that maybe I should make. But understanding the story and knowing when you completed it as it should be, is something to be learned by the discipline. It ain't easy brother...With the book, I think I'm being a perfectionist. Probably never finish it.
