The old saw about old dogs and new tricks only applies to certain people.
I sort of always like to write starting with when I learned how.
I went to college, but I learned to write by reading - and writing.
Writing and telling are almost the same, the way I do it.
I imagine a child. That child is me. I can reconstruct and vividly remember portions of my own childhood. I can see, taste, smell, feel, and hear them. Then what I do is, not write about that kid or about his world, but start to think of a book that would have pleased him.
If the English had deep-dish pizza they could have kept their empire.