> 10. Get into a rut early: Do the same process the same way. Accumulate idioms. Standardize. The only difference(!) between Shakespeare and you was the size of

> 10. Get into a rut early: Do the same process the same way. Accumulate idioms. Standardize. The only difference(!) between Shakespeare and you was the size of his idiom list - not the size of his vocabulary. A beautiful thought and I would add that Shakespeare only wrote in english, developing his ability in that beautiful if messy language further and further, rather then trying all sorts of different languages to gain different perspectives on writing.