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The Talent Myth
by Rose Andrews
There once lived a girl who wrote the best fantasy books in all the land. She was only twelve years old, having picked up a paper and pen to tell stories starting at age eight. She outsold all the big names in her genre, made millions of dollars, and never even went to college. She had been blessed with a unique ability to craft words into beautiful tales that spoke to the hearts of many. No other writer could ever aspire to achieve such great heights with their work because she was more talented than everyone.
So, with that I say, “Pack up your laptops, friends. If you don’t have talent then it’s over for you. Give up and go home.”
The end.
Um...no.
The Natural
Good old Google defines talent as “a natural aptitude or ability” at something. For the purposes of this article, the ‘something’ will be writing fiction. Talent is a word I hear thrown around a lot mostly outside of the writing community. There’s this permeating belief in folks that aren’t creative that, in order to succeed at writing and selling books, a writer needs to be talented. I am here to challenge this myth and encourage you, dear writer, to consider a new perspective: persistence and hard work.
So, what is natural? I believe every person born on this planet has a natural inclination towards a specific interest (or set of interests). For example, my husband loves computers. He builds them, writes...
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The Talent Myth
by Rose Andrews
There once lived a girl who wrote the best fantasy books in all the land. She was only twelve years old, having picked up a paper and pen to tell stories starting at age eight. She outsold all the big names in her genre, made millions of dollars, and never even went to college. She had been blessed with a unique ability to craft words into beautiful tales that spoke to the hearts of many. No other writer could ever aspire to achieve such great heights with their work because she was more talented than everyone.
So, with that I say, “Pack up your laptops, friends. If you don’t have talent then it’s over for you. Give up and go home.”
The end.
Um...no.
The Natural
Good old Google defines talent as “a natural aptitude or ability” at something. For the purposes of this article, the ‘something’ will be writing fiction. Talent is a word I hear thrown around a lot mostly outside of the writing community. There’s this permeating belief in folks that aren’t creative that, in order to succeed at writing and selling books, a writer needs to be talented. I am here to challenge this myth and encourage you, dear writer, to consider a new perspective: persistence and hard work.
So, what is natural? I believe every person born on this planet has a natural inclination towards a specific interest (or set of interests). For example, my husband loves computers. He builds them, writes...
Continue reading the Original Blog Post.