Writing takes practice, just like playing an instrument, or learning to cook. In fact, any kind of expertise takes not only a level of knowledge, but the ability to adapt that knowledge in lots of different ways.
Consider the following metaphor:
“If knowledge is just items in a mental filing cabinet, then it is easy to acknowledge that an expert must have a well-stocked filing cabinet, but that is like saying that a cook must have a well-stocked pantry. The pantry is not the cook, the filing cabinet is not the expert. What counts with cooks and experts is what they do with the material in their pantries or memory stores.” - Anne Beaufort, College Writing and Beyond, 2007Reflect on your current writing expertise within your discourse community. What expertise do you have for writing this particular essay and what will you do with it in the paper?
How will you be like a cook?