"If you watch an artist at work, surrounded by paints and brushes and other tools of his trade, you would not presume that he without extensive and specialized training could create a painting worthy of hanging in a gallery. On the other hand, if you watch a writer at work, there is almost a universal presumption that because of the tools of the trade are so commonplace - twenty-six letters and a handful of punctuation marks - the art of writing is a God-given talent, an innate gift."--Unknown.