How good of a lyricist do you think you are?

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Originally Posted by NYCSPITZ

Well I've been in the 99th percentile since middle school

SO TOP ONE PERCENT OF THE POPULATION IS OBV.

Honestly this question is too broad. People can be geniuses but retarded in most areas and vice versa. Since this is a writing forum I'll put it this way - since we are all working within the constraining framework of making everything have to rhyme, we are becoming worse as overall writers. Topicals and battles enforce horrible writing habits. I think a lot of the topicalists here would translate well to short stories though. Dead Man, Oats, Pancake , Pinot Grij and myself come to mind. Just saw a really nice ass walk by. In terms of writing IQ, which I think you're getting at, the aforementioned writers, plus yourself and a few others here with work can easily reach genius level at short stories and eventually novels. It's about skill and repetition. 150 Writing IQs abounding

Writing short stories is my favourite form of writing.