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Originally Posted by gmw
I don't think things are so cut and dried as that. There are degrees of creativity, and types of creativity. And like most attributes, a lack of natural capability in a particular area can sometimes be made up for by adapting skills in another, and - more particularly - by hard work and learning the "trade".
Maybe, just maybe, hard work cannot totally replace having at least some creativity - though I've seen people do some impressive things through sheer determination over the years - but I'm more inclined to think that there is a natural culling here, a lack of creativity means a lack of desire to create. Or phrased the other way, creativity drives the desire to create.
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I think like me GM, you have seen many writers who know their trade, but what they have created is... well let us say, not very good. Everyone who has a desire to write has the ability to create, but whether it is inspired is another matter.