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Elizabeth Gilbert talks about Creative Genius on TED Talks. What is "creative genius"? Do you have that illusive ability to be creative? What loaded questions these are for the average writer. Perhaps even more so for the average middle school writer. Never have a I ever said about a student, "Wow! This kid is a creative genius!". Now, I've had students who were talented artists and exceptional writers~but, their talents were always within the boundaries of average middle school genius. But then again, I teach regular ed language arts not the gifted. What does this have to do with mood and style? Mood, imagery, tone, style~that blend of spices that an author uses to make you want to tear through a story; it makes you want to stay up late hungrily turning the pages; you wake up craving those words that set your senses reeling. Does it take a creative genius to create that need in you or has the storyteller seemed to have found the creative genius in hi...