I believe we are born with our talent. We are born to be writers or musicians or dancers or bankers or architects or whatever, we don't always end up there and I think that is why so many of us are frustrated in our lives. We all have natural gifts and abilities and it is best to follow them, if possible.
As for teaching, we all can learn to be better at/with our talent. Beckham has natural talent but also had to train and work to achieve his status. Pacino and Hoffman took acting classes. Pure natural talent yes, but also honed, refined and taught how to use the body and mind to better achieve which was innate.
Certainly you cannot teach someone to be the next Stephen King if that talent is not already there. Or Rowling, Shakespeare, Clancy, Hemingway, etc.,etc. but they can be taught how to be a better writer. How to better get their point across, how to make the paper or letter or story more coherent, more accessible; unless they are writing philosphy, then all bets are off.
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