Check It Out: When writing is all in the family

Nature vs. nurture is a longstanding debate in biology and human behavior.

Does our environment control the development of our abilities and personalities? Or does the control come from our heredity — our predetermined genetics deciding where our skills, appearance, even likes and dislikes come from?

Modern scientists mostly agree that both play a part in who we become.

It is interesting to me how many successful authors have children who become successful authors. We all learn the mechanics of good writing in school — but there’s a huge difference between an acceptable essay on Animal Farm and, well, Animal Farm.

Let’s take a look at some authors and their writing progeny. Perhaps you will discover someone new!

Stephen King is a prolific author whose most popular book is “The Shining