Category Archives: Writing Talent

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Want To Be A Writer? Drop Out of College
June 20th, 2013 | Writing Talent | journalpulp | 4 Comments
In an interview Truman Capote once gave, he said the following about becoming a writer: “The last thing in the world I would do was waste my time going to college, because I knew what I wanted to do. The only reason to go to college is if you want to be a doctor, a […]
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Writing Talent and the Dirty Little Secret of the Natural-Born Writer
January 6th, 2012 | Writing Talent | journalpulp | 12 Comments
There’s a dirty little secret about writing talent which editors and publishers don’t usually speak of, but which I’d like to share. That dirty little secret is this: Writing talent doesn’t really exist. As a matter of fact, there’s no such thing as innate writing talent, and the most important trait a writer can possess […]
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Want To Be A Writer? Drop Out of College