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Alan Barclay writes:

"Some excellent writers seem to have an implicit understanding of what
makes good writing, but are unable to isolate what it is they know, nor
to make it clear to others.  This sort of knowledge seems magical to me.
I myself must understand a technique or concept well enough to teach it,
before I can actually use it well.  I find the difference fascinating."

This is the difference, I think, between the writing being a skill, and
the writing being an art.  To have a skill and not understand what makes
you able to write, or even why your writing is good, does not make you
nearly as talented as if you not only know how to write, but know WHY
you know how to write, and are able to teach those principles to others.

Being able to set down a heuristic, and explain what is going on when
you do what you do best, is a sign of truly understanding what it is
that you are doing.

Brian