People tend to gravitate toward their talents. If someone is better at hitting a baseball than catching a football, they’re probably more inclined to pick up a bat in the future. It’s the same with writing. Many writers start out as avid readers. It makes sense. You inhale so many words from others that it’s only natural to want to vomit out your own. But that’s not the only path to writing. Nor is it guaranteed to produce good writing.…