RE: The debate that won't die

[Andrew Plato <gilliankitty -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

--- Dawn Whitlock <dawn -at- streamliners -dot- co -dot- nz> wrote:
> >>I disagree that some people have a writing gift. 
> 
> That's utter crap. Some people have a gift -- whether it's the ability
> to write, paint, draw, play music, sing, design circuit boards, etc.,
> etc. -- by which "gift" means an innate ability, that is, they can do
> "it" without ever having been taught. It doesn't mean that no one else
> can play, write, design, etc., etc., as well as they can, it just means
> that the person who has a "gift" can do "it" without being taught.

I guess I should have said... "I disagree that some people are 'meant' to be
writers and others are just not." 

Anybody can be a good writer with practice and education. Sure, some may have a
natural inclination to writing, but that does not mean they are good technical
writers. 

The ultimate point of my post was that some "gifts" are more valuable than
others. 

Andrew Plato 

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