tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8087101926959112663.post6635914233717770782..comments2024-03-06T04:21:34.674-06:00Comments on The Left-Handed Typist: Talent vs Skill // {aka} Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Writer?Abigayle Clairehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01182504899939054458noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8087101926959112663.post-39053510574980458732018-03-15T22:52:20.951-05:002018-03-15T22:52:20.951-05:00Hahahaa, this wasn't supposed to scare you awa...Hahahaa, this wasn't supposed to scare you away! xD Well, I'm in that camp too, so anything is possible! But you're right, just because you CAN, doesn't mean it's for you. That's a good thing to know about yourself ;)Abigayle Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182504899939054458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8087101926959112663.post-72581076496233838122018-03-15T22:51:22.434-05:002018-03-15T22:51:22.434-05:00Oh thanks that's good to know haha xD *bows* I...Oh thanks that's good to know haha xD *bows* I'm just the opposite which is why we work so well together!! I'm trying to train myself to really think about the story, but all I am is a set of rules so ... that doesn't get me very far. I have to actually put words on the page?! *dies*<br /><br />SWEEETTT :DAbigayle Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182504899939054458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8087101926959112663.post-10446326573840407262018-03-15T22:50:08.090-05:002018-03-15T22:50:08.090-05:00Why thank you :D Sounds like you've pinpointed...Why thank you :D Sounds like you've pinpointed yourself then! That's really so essential--knowing yourself. Then you're set to improve upon what you know needs work. Grammar, a pain though it may be, can be fixed so much more readily, so you're in the right boat ;PAbigayle Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182504899939054458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8087101926959112663.post-53848989024161306712018-03-15T22:49:07.564-05:002018-03-15T22:49:07.564-05:00Thanks! I'm so glad you found it thought-provo...Thanks! I'm so glad you found it thought-provoking! :) I would agree with your assessment, which makes you camp #1 it sounds like! I mean, ideally we'd be this awesome blend. But I think everyone has a tendency to be better at one over the other! :DAbigayle Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182504899939054458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8087101926959112663.post-49473496820320963062018-03-15T22:47:18.109-05:002018-03-15T22:47:18.109-05:00Yeah I'm kind of a mix. But I have more gramma...Yeah I'm kind of a mix. But I have more grammar skill than writing talent I think. At least that's what I had first. It's so great that you know what to work on! Accepting some critique and knowing where to grow is such a great starting point for improvement! :)Abigayle Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01182504899939054458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8087101926959112663.post-87254548795305076602018-01-21T18:07:17.616-06:002018-01-21T18:07:17.616-06:00This is exactly why I DON'T write. I tried dab...This is exactly why I DON'T write. I tried dabbling in it back when I first joined the online creative community, but then realized that I can't really do writing? If I really tried and spent a lot of time on it and really honed my skills and learned I could, but it doesn't come easily to me and I just don't think it's the thing for me. By your categorization, I'm ALLLLL the way in the grammar-without-writing camp, safely tucked in all the way in the back with no intention to come out. XDHanne Thttp://rockandminerals4him.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8087101926959112663.post-90015626678759897692018-01-20T16:06:06.929-06:002018-01-20T16:06:06.929-06:00This is SO amazing!!!!! I love reading your articl...This is SO amazing!!!!! I love reading your articles. So informative and helpful and never too long. :D <br /><br />I definitely fall into the first group .... I can story, but my grammar stinks. (thus why I have YOU! :D ) I never did any formal grammar in school so my brain focused more on the story itself rather than how it was written and why it worked. <br /><br />I love this post sooo much! And you kinda answered the first question of the VAVC, too... ;-) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11127790512575051168noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8087101926959112663.post-44095926254409009352018-01-20T13:55:52.464-06:002018-01-20T13:55:52.464-06:00Great post!!! I thought this was very insightful. ...Great post!!! I thought this was very insightful. I think I belong to the first category. I am always spinning tales and weaving plots, and I tend to write like a classic, particularly Tolkienish. I DO struggle with grammar though. I am always leaving out commas, and fifth-grade English tends to look like Greek to me... Well, at least I can write with a LOT of emotion and passion. I think this post is a good one for helping writers pin-point where they need to work hardest instead of thinking "What does my writing friend do?" <br />astoryspinner.blogspot.comEricahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02458065240978259125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8087101926959112663.post-23552657063041797932018-01-20T13:44:47.192-06:002018-01-20T13:44:47.192-06:00Great insights, Abi! I'm not sure which camp I...Great insights, Abi! I'm not sure which camp I'd say I belong in...I would definitely like to think of myself as naturally inclined to write and tell stories, and though I sometimes allow my story-telling to push aside the rules and structures of writing, it's not so much because I don't know it...hmm. I guess what I'd say is that my talent for writing almost naturally propelled me towards the skills, just from doing it so much (and lots of reading as well). I feel like even if you're not necessarily out studying all about the writing craft that people who have a talent for it already are really able to pick up the skills and rules much faster. I think (at least for me anyway) that talent is often the beginning of dedication because talent generally equals enjoyment (again in my own experience), thereby carrying you forward into improvement. I really like your depiction of these two camps, it's making me think quite a bit! Emily Mundellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01996417090806539667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8087101926959112663.post-55336359039787800772018-01-20T06:07:16.262-06:002018-01-20T06:07:16.262-06:00Which camp do you think you fall into? Writing tal...Which camp do you think you fall into? Writing talent without grammar skills or grammar skills without the writing knack?<br /><br />Hm, maybe the second one, definitely. Though my grammar is not by any means bad, it's not as good as I would like it to be? Which sounds more like the first one but I think I'm more of the second one.<br /><br />Yeah, writing is definitely a skill for me. I'm TERRIBLE at telling stories and getting to the point quickly. I had, like all writers had to research and work hard to get to where am I today. I still have lots to work on. I need more conflict in my stories and good resolutions. Also, descriptions would be nice.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13540365342855306287noreply@blogger.com