I truly admire people who get paid to write for a living. Especially the writers who can grind out the word count on mundane topics. You know this is not what they signed on for when they originally thought of writing for their paycheck. For example, pumping out massive amounts of text that compares the relative quality of different brands of tapioca pudding is much more mundane than exciting, but hey, it pays the rent and other stuff required for your day to day existence. Throw in a couple of kids and hey, you are making sure you can create some excitement regardless of the subject matter. It all gets relegated to the topic of a necessary evil, satisfying the need for compromise in a world where idealism is slowly leeched out of the hearts of the young and imaginative. All in the name of being able to feed and clothe the ones we love.
So when I ran across this series of articles in an automotive tome, I can truly feel for the author and the factors which drove him to it this particular incarnation of creativity whilst paying the bills. Pulling it off without his editor catching on was just a matter of lulling the poor fellow into a false sense of security. I can almost see him thinking, "He would never pull a stunt like this", only to be completely stuffed once it was discovered.
I find the author's motivations and application simply brilliant.
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