... and because I'm too tired to think more clearly about it.  The meme regarding writing strengths.  In no particular order:
1. Relentless, ever-functioning internal spell-checker.  The thing that makes me curse and/or twitch whenever I leave the apartment and read something with typos.
2. Not to steal from Sam, but I'm also visual.  Probably has something to do with that art stuff.  I can see the scene in my head, play it out, pause it, rewind... it's like having a DVD player wedged in my skull.  Only without the searing pain.  usually.
3. Stories pop into my head nearly fully-formed.  I just have to "watch" them, and write it all out.  Very little editing required.
4. Completely unnecessarily good memory for trivia.  Why does that matter?  I wrote a story in 7th grade that my teacher really liked.  Want me to tell you about it?  I can.  I can take the parts that were good then and make them even better now, remember what worked and what didn't.  But I can't remember where I left my keys or my hair.  Go figure!
5. I have a 19th century vocabulary.  By that I mean I use words like "propinquity" and never stop to think that the reader doesn't know what the hell I'm on about.  If I write "singular" it doesn't mean "alone" or have anything to do with astrophysics.  (Usually.)  For me, it means "unique". 
There you go, Sam.
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Heh. Not only have I been proven "wrong", but I may have just learned to manipulate. ;)
More importantly: You have a "Sam" category? Color me wrong, manipulative, and kinda tickled!
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