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I legitimately don't know the answer. Background I said something a little silly today, and was told I was incorrect: Writing requires no skill. You basically just have to write down what y...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T05:49:47Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Daniel Cann
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2019-12-08T05:49:47Z (almost 5 years ago)
_I legitimately don't know the answer._ * * * ## Background I said something a little silly today, and was told I was incorrect: > Writing requires **no** skill. You basically just have to write down what you're seeing in your head. I was told I was incorrect and writing required many skills, and was not a thing that required no skill at all. However, the person I was chatting to had to go, so I was briskly finished with all of that senseless talk and trotted off to stack exchange. Why did I trot off to stack exchange? I want to know what kinds of _skills_ writing requires. When I'm writing, I write what I see in my head and it tends to be pretty good. To me, that requires 0 skill whatsoever and is basic enough for an _idiot_ like myself to do. ## Question > How can creative writing require skill when it's generally just writing down your ideas? You're often going to be doing it in your native language too. Thanks.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2016-12-27T17:06:04Z (almost 8 years ago)
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