Are truly good writers good at all the different disciplines of writing? Should a novelist be able to write good poetry? Should a journalist be able to write a novel?
Would either of these people be efficient at essay writing and technical manual writing if they had the proper training?
I ask this question in part because I loathe essay writing, and I am terrible at it. But I FEEL like I should be good at it, and that it should come easily to me because I spend a lot of time writing creatively. I know this is illogical, but I'm sure a lot of you would feel the same way. Essays and novels are apples and oranges, but in the end they're both still fruit.
(P.S. I loathe essay writing so much that I try and make it interesting for myself --- I recently decided to give a satirical twist to my essay for a political science class. I endorsed and praised the bloody rule of a tyrannical leader. Not only did I not achieve the overall shock value I was hoping for, but I didn't even manage to communicate that the essay was a satire --- the Prof's comments seemed generally shocked, and he even wrote "I can only hope you were trying it achieve irony". Oh boy. Embarrassing.)
Would either of these people be efficient at essay writing and technical manual writing if they had the proper training?
I ask this question in part because I loathe essay writing, and I am terrible at it. But I FEEL like I should be good at it, and that it should come easily to me because I spend a lot of time writing creatively. I know this is illogical, but I'm sure a lot of you would feel the same way. Essays and novels are apples and oranges, but in the end they're both still fruit.
(P.S. I loathe essay writing so much that I try and make it interesting for myself --- I recently decided to give a satirical twist to my essay for a political science class. I endorsed and praised the bloody rule of a tyrannical leader. Not only did I not achieve the overall shock value I was hoping for, but I didn't even manage to communicate that the essay was a satire --- the Prof's comments seemed generally shocked, and he even wrote "I can only hope you were trying it achieve irony". Oh boy. Embarrassing.)