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I have done quite a lot of reading on the question of talent, and apparently what we perceive as talent is a combination of

- an inborn potential to be good at a certain task (for writing: creativity, verbal intelligence);
- a liking for that task (that is, enjoying the writing, not just the idea of being a writer); and
- perseverance (a need to pursue the task and overcome difficulties).

As I see it, you lack the second prerequisite, joy. You get bored. Writers do not get bored by their stories, they need to tell them in the same way that you need to eat or sleep. If writing bores you, then maybe what you love is the daydreaming and you don't actually want to approach this as a task. You want to invent, but you do not want it to become work.

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