@barbaragreenan do you mean a fiction writer, a journalist, or some other kind of writer? Different kinds can allow for different kinds of procrastination, lol. But it’s true.
Also, what experience do you have, if at all with writing?
I don’t think a writer needs to have a lot of exp., but education helps guide a student to understand the writing process. I am a firm believer that you can teach yourself how to write by reading the kinds of writing you want to focus on. Paying attention to structure (form), how the author uses dialog, why the author chooses pretty much everything to present their ideas. Don’t get overwhelmed by studying this too much in depth, though. I would start with short stories. Read them first for pleasure (since you should only write because you want to), then read them again, focusing on one specific element at a time (plot, dialog, setting, etc.) and how it effects the story as a whole.
Once you learn why something happens, is said, is done, etc, you’ll be able to figure out what you want to do in your own writing. For me, I like John Updike’s short stories because they’re interesting and its fun to see how pretty much every single sentence has a purpose (ex. read “A & P”).
Also, practice makes perfect. Famous athletes weren’t perfect when they played their first games. They caught onto their craft when they focused on technique, and they tried as hard as they could even when they lost games.
Good luck!