Bukowski isn't the best example because while he became successful late in life, he'd been working on his craft for decades earlier. He didn't take up writing a

Bukowski isn't the best example because while he became successful late in life, he'd been working on his craft for decades earlier. He didn't take up writing at 50; he just started getting published at 50. He already had decades of experience. If Bukowski had never written a thing until he was 45, then it would make sense