How much of writing is based on ‘nature’ and an individual’s innate abilities versus the ‘nurture’ part of honing your craft? There are those writers who seem to strike a brilliant tone with their first works while others spend a lifetime studying without much success.
I wish I could answer this first one in a specific way. I think both are certainly a factor. In my class, people come through with immediate talent—but, then, those also tend to be the ones who have practiced writing the most.
I would say that the nurture part is the most important part for the vast majority of us. However, there are savants who just HIT it their first try.
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