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"In his book "On Writing" Mr. King makes it clear that he believes that writers are born, not made, which kind of goes against the whole NaNoWriMo philosophy."

I didn't get that from it, exactly. He seems to subscribe to the theory that a bad writer is hopeless and a great writer is talented, but that a decent writer can, through hard work, become a very good writer. I think there's some truth in that. Great writing has more to do with inspiration than technical merit, and inspiration can't be taught or learned.