I have an answer for you, but it might not be helpful.
In my view, this is exactly the point where you can determine a writer's talent. If you really need to, you can learn to write to a degree -- how to draft a story, things to take care of, tricks to use, methods to employ, how to structure sentences and paragraphs and chapters. But all that stops at just around this point.
With no intention to imply any kind of equal footing with authors such as you quoted: I did find that in writing, certain things came surprisingly easy to me, things I saw others struggling with. And thus I imagine it's the same at a higher level -- I'm sure those authors work hard on their prose (there might be hours in every paragraph you quoted, until it was like that -- perfectly right), but in the end, it's their talent that sets them apart, and there's not a whole lot anyone can do about that.
(And if there is a way to learn how to write beautiful prose, after all, I haven't heard of it yet, and very dearly wish to discover it soon :P)
In other matters, I hope you and your loved ones had a wonderful Christmas, and I wish you the best for 2015 (hopefully with more AQ ;) )
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In my view, this is exactly the point where you can determine a writer's talent. If you really need to, you can learn to write to a degree -- how to draft a story, things to take care of, tricks to use, methods to employ, how to structure sentences and paragraphs and chapters. But all that stops at just around this point.
With no intention to imply any kind of equal footing with authors such as you quoted: I did find that in writing, certain things came surprisingly easy to me, things I saw others struggling with. And thus I imagine it's the same at a higher level -- I'm sure those authors work hard on their prose (there might be hours in every paragraph you quoted, until it was like that -- perfectly right), but in the end, it's their talent that sets them apart, and there's not a whole lot anyone can do about that.
(And if there is a way to learn how to write beautiful prose, after all, I haven't heard of it yet, and very dearly wish to discover it soon :P)
In other matters, I hope you and your loved ones had a wonderful Christmas, and I wish you the best for 2015 (hopefully with more AQ ;) )
-Sesc