And how do you define a real writer?  (A *few* people?  Wanna see if I 
can get over a hundred people on this list to say they like your stuff?)

Quite a number of ways.

Such as having a strong idea of language.

Concise form of writing ideas

No oversplurging.

Writing things they know about, and not hearing second hand.

Those that do a lot of research.

Hitomi