I'm fortunate to have grown up reading voraciously. I read literally everything I could get my hands on, and kept that trend going through high school. When I t

I'm fortunate to have grown up reading voraciously. I read literally everything I could get my hands on, and kept that trend going through high school. When I think, it comes out as paragraphs, sentences, and phrases. It's not hard to write for me: I think onto a page, and it usually works. The difficult part for me is the discipline of writing itself. In order to produce something I'm proud of, I have to sit down, think about something for a period of time, and then begin producing words that need one or two rounds of editing before they're ready. It's not so much a matter of having a natural talent for it as having the discipline to apply my ability properly. I'm not sure how to teach writing either, since I rely on my subconscious to do the work of organizing thoughts into coherent words for me. Perhaps a first principles approach is ideal: - Decide what you will write - Choose a style, or let a style choose you - Organize your thoughts, whether internally, with an outline, or some combination - Start writing down words - Edit until it matches your voice