Creative Vision vs. Skill

Work by S. Connolly Copyright 2015. Done in pastels and enhanced digitally.

There’s nothing like reading to make you realize a few things.

What’s good is subjective to individual readers. This means that you are simultaneously a creative genius and master of prose, and a complete hack who has no business being published. (i.e. some readers will hate you, some will love you) While the mechanics of writing can be learned, passion and creative vision cannot. The latter is also subjective to eac...