marge1:
I'd love the ability to write one myself but sadly it really wouldn't be the same and my abilities don't stretch that far!
You never know until you try. Twelve years ago I had never written fiction of any kind. But I had an idea and just tried to get it down in text. Now admittedly the result wasn't so great (see the thread on "Your Worst Work"), but over time I did improve a bit. It was learn by doing and by paying attention to the techniques of others.