i could be completely didactic and claim that by saying ‘anyone can write’ i’m actually implying that a lot of people aren’t actually very good at it… in the same vein that i can dance, just not very well.

still, i just believe if you’re willing to admit to all your faults at a particular skill you want to get better at it, it tends help you improve, and if it’s an artform we’re talking about, it at least helps you get more of what you were after in the first place.

Can Jellyheads write? I don’t remember.

Can Jellyheads write? I don’t remember.

But, Zus, why do you believe this? Where’s the evidence? Have you really seen so much material out there that was worth the time? Why the reflex-egalitarianism when it comes to writing? Most humans can walk and hop and run, too, but I never hear anyone claiming that “everyone can be a Dancer”…or a painter, or an actor, or a sculptor, or a singer or batik the most splendid hippie garments for the Renaissance Fair. Everyone probably has a talent they can call their own, yeah, but that talent is not always *writing*… to think so would imply that Writing is the easiest of the Arts to master. Um, but it’s not! Batik is easier, for a start…

But, Zus, why do you believe this? Where’s the evidence? Have you really seen so much material out there that was worth the time? Why the reflex-egalitarianism when it comes to writing? Most humans can walk and hop and run, too, but I never hear anyone claiming that “everyone can be a Dancer”…or a painter, or an actor, or a sculptor, or a singer or batik the most splendid hippie garments for the Renaissance Fair. Everyone probably has a talent they can call their own, yeah, but that talent is not always *writing*… to think so would imply that Writing is the easiest of the Arts to master. Um, but it’s not! Batik is easier, for a start…