#13 Are Writers Born or Made? How to Finish a Book, Cliché Alert, Change Your Commute
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"The Mower"/George Seurat Are writers born? Or made? Can writing be taught? Can it be learned? Sometimes when people ask me this, I sense they’re looking for me to support their decision to give up on themselves or someone else. If stories aren’t good enough, the reason must be that the writer simply doesn’t have the innate talent to be excellent. But there are too many autodidacts out there, people who have taught themselves to do things they wanted to do, for me to agree.
#13 Are Writers Born or Made? How to Finish a Book, Cliché Alert, Change Your Commute
#13 Are Writers Born or Made? How to Finish a…
#13 Are Writers Born or Made? How to Finish a Book, Cliché Alert, Change Your Commute
"The Mower"/George Seurat Are writers born? Or made? Can writing be taught? Can it be learned? Sometimes when people ask me this, I sense they’re looking for me to support their decision to give up on themselves or someone else. If stories aren’t good enough, the reason must be that the writer simply doesn’t have the innate talent to be excellent. But there are too many autodidacts out there, people who have taught themselves to do things they wanted to do, for me to agree.