I’ve heard from authors that typing someone else’s entire novel helped them to understand the craft (and then they went on to write their own books, not based o

I’ve heard from authors that typing someone else’s entire novel helped them to understand the craft (and then they went on to write their own books, not based on the novels they typed). And of course musicians learn other songs before they write their own. But, copy/pasting an article, and then tweaking a few words to make it more unique, doesn’t seem like a great process for learning the journalism craft. At least not on the same level as the two examples I brought up.