Breaking Dawn - How do you write a book like that?

There is something about Edward and Bella that draws me in.  Have you read the Twilight Series?  Yes I mean read, not watched, but read? 

I still remember the first time I heard of the books.  I was sceptical as a friend suggested they were beyond amazing, but as it kept her quiet, I agreed to borrow the books and give them a go.  Well, as they were fairly huge books, I decided to start with the first one and then when I decided it was too boring for words, I could honestly hand it back explaining it was just not my thing.

I started them and Wow!  …

Words cannot even begin to describe how drawn into Twilight I was.  So here I am, a woman with a new baby and a toddler, staying up nights just to finish this book and then I had to go and get the next one and the next one and finally, I finished with ‘Breaking Dawn’ all within a week.  I really do not think I slept!

Is it just chance or it hard work? Are people born this way or can we, mere mortals develop the talent of writing?  Is it genetic or can it be manufactured? 

I am inclined to believe that anyone can do anything they set their mind to and the difference between seeming success and seeming failure is a lack of perseverance.  I use the word 'seeming' because who determines success anyway (or failure)?  Is Stephanie Meyer a Success because of Breaking Dawn and all the other books in the Twilight Series, or is she a success because of all the other drafts she wrote and that no one knows about? There are a lot of gifted writers who are not quite so popular but does that mean they have failed? I do not think so.

I would love at this point to give some great tips on how to become an amazing writer but regrettably  I cannot.  As you may have guessed reading through this epistle, I am on the journey of learning to write.  I have a lot to say and now say it online rather than in my numerous journals. 

My greatest tip would be to just keep writing, which ultimately is what I do.

Do you have any ideas you would like to share? I really would like to hear what tips you have for writing well. Please do add them to the comments, assuming you made it through to this point. :-)