It certainly may, but craftsmanship does not require creativity. And creativity can be realized despite poor craftsmanship.
A master luthier does not invent a brand new type of instrument each time they create a guitar. They may have learnt to make guitars from someone else, and do nothing but follow the process they have mastered. And, many authors are terrible at much of their craft, and yet so creative that their prose is still engaging. While the real world is invariably messier than this, that does not mean that one can conflate craftmanship and creativity as the author does.
TBH, I'm afraid that I'm finding it's hard to see the author's conflation of the two as anything but culturalist.
A master luthier does not invent a brand new type of instrument each time they create a guitar. They may have learnt to make guitars from someone else, and do nothing but follow the process they have mastered. And, many authors are terrible at much of their craft, and yet so creative that their prose is still engaging. While the real world is invariably messier than this, that does not mean that one can conflate craftmanship and creativity as the author does.
TBH, I'm afraid that I'm finding it's hard to see the author's conflation of the two as anything but culturalist.