The fact remains that I am a very artless and incompetent writer.
They say the test of literary power is whether a man can write an inscription. I say, 'Can he name a kitten?'
You can't teach people to write well. Writing well is something God lets you do or declines to let you do.
You can be a hunchback and a dwarf and what-all. If you write beautifully, you can write beautifully.
I always had a thing for writing. Even when I was in school, I was always good at writing.
Actually, my correspondent's language is better than mine. He can put his sentiment into words.
My brother and I were both good at science, and we were both good at English literature. Either one of us could have gone either way.
Fortunately for me, or unfortunately, they made me an editor of the Parish Prison Pelican. I could read and write, and I had a way with words.
The literary gift is a mere accident - is as often bestowed on idiots who have nothing to say worth hearing as it is denied to strenuous sages.
I am not in the least eloquent or fluent with languages. My writing on social media is quite pedestrian. But even if it was near any acceptability, I would not be in a position to pen a script or a book.
