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Questionable Questing

tehelgee
tehelgee
I don't know about being a hack, but he's definitely way too fond of the grimderp.
d.fish
d.fish
Get lucky, right time, right place, to ride the superhero fad, gritty fad, and the wish fulfillment in web stories. Be early in, when there's few competitors. That's how most people find success, luck, and can't really begrudge him of that. Nonetheless, his writing shit.
Enigmatic
Enigmatic
What'd he do this time?
ZurigaSungama
ZurigaSungama
Well, with the exception of Wildbow Authority Figure Syndrome, every criticism I've seen levelled against Worm has been semi-frequently applied to the medium it deconstructs, so it could be presumed Wildbow told the precise story he intended to. Not a story I intend to ever read in full, mind, but an arguably well-executed one.
ZurigaSungama
ZurigaSungama
...Or were you speaking of one of his other works?
Knightfall
Knightfall
All of his works.
d.fish
d.fish
A hack writer is a writer who is paid to write low-quality, rushed articles or books "to order", often with a short deadline.

So yes, that's what he is.
ZurigaSungama
ZurigaSungama
I can't see that anyone would ever accuse John McCrae, as an author, of taking his time, but, unless I'm mistaken, nobody's actually telling him what to write, yeah?
d.fish
d.fish
Now that's just being pedantic. There is nothing in the modern pejorative of a hack writer that necessitates having a manager/overseer/boss.
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