I. The Comfort of Being Called Gifted In this part of The Writer’s Beginning series, I hope a few more of your doubts have settled — and maybe, just maybe, you’ve begun drafting your first chapter. Here’s the third installment. I grew up an academic overachiever. I could read, write, and count before I reached … Continue reading The Myth of ‘Natural Talent’: Why Discipline Outshines Giftedness