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Old 05-27-2008, 04:44 PM   #10
dar512
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I've always been a pretty good writer. I use words well, always have, but is that a skill or a talent?
A bit of both I would think. Even with natural talent, it takes some training and work to get good at something. If it took absolutely nothing on your part then count your blessings. Most people don't have anything like that kind of natural talent.

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Consequently, though I am probably a better prose writer than I am a poet, I am more proud of my poetry than I am of my regular writing.
I understand. There's a good feeling in mastering something you had to wrestle to the ground first.
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