7 Virtues Every Writer Needs to Succeed

I had no idea that I had to be so perfect. I am not. I’ll write anyway. From the annarbor.com:

What makes a good writer? Is it a talent for seamlessly styling prose? A working knowledge of proper grammatical techniques? The simple ability to write productively?

Technical skills are important, it’s true, but much more important in defining a good writer is virtue. It cannot be denied that there are a certain number of personal traits that come in handy when the going gets tough, and let’s not deny it — the going is tough most of the time.

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