Good writers aren’t born. Okay, well, actually, they are born, since it would be physically impossible to write without being born... but they’re aren’t born good. At least, I’ve yet to meet a four-year-old wunderkind who’s running around writing Pulitzer Prize-winning epics. I know I sure wasn’t. Instead, good writers are made. Skill isn’t a necessity so much as determination, discipline, and dedication. And a lot of bad writing along the way.