Or maybe you think it takes some kind of artistic nature.
Or many people think it takes the influence of alcohol and drugs, or
maybe some kind of divine inspiration, some kind of muse.
All of these things get associated with good writers, a lot of people think you
need these to be a good writer, but in fact, I don't think you need any of these.
What I think it takes to be a good writer is that one,
as I said before, you need to have something to say.
You need to have something that you're passionate about that you want to
communicate.
And that sounds a little bit trivial but I can't tell you how many times I've had
a student sitting in my office, I'm doing editing with them.
And I'll say I was confused by what you meant in this paragraph.
What is it you were trying to say?
And they kind of look at me and go, well,
I'm not really sure what I was trying to say in that paragraph.
They don't know, and that's why it's a confusing paragraph
because they weren't actually sure what they were trying to say.
So figure out first what it is that you're trying to say.