We don’t know whether we hope this is right…or pray that it’s dead wrong. Talk about out of frying pan and into the sizzler:
Is Talent Overrated?
by Anne R. Allen
I often run into new writers who want to be reassured they have talent. They sometimes ask me to read some fledgling work in hopes I’ll pronounce them “talented.”
I always decline. (A wise author never goes there.) It’s not simply that I can’t fit one more thing into my already jam-packed schedule—it’s also that I have no way of telling if people have talent.