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Old 11-12-2007, 03:14 AM
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Default Re: Official WGA Writers Strike thread.

Without getting too deep into the vast intricacies of the English language here, can we at least agree that there's no such thing as a novelist who hasn't written a novel? When you see a reality TV contestant with "writer" under their name, the only reasonable reaction is to laugh.

Sure, there are a lot of people who have a natural wordsmith inclination that could help them be among history's greatest storytellers if they are willing/able to put it the enormous amount of work required, but they don't because they are unwilling/able. Same applies for sports. What's your point? Why should that be seen as a negative or to somehow devalue the people who have put in that amount of work, and in cases where there wasn't that natural inclination, that amount of work and then some.
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