I’m republishing this commentary by Paul Stregevsky, which he wrote in response to an article that argued most tech writers can only do tech writing.
Yes, Carl: We writers are one-trick ponies.
That’s why Shakespeare wrote such second-rate sonnets.
Why humorist Gene Weingarten didn’t deserve his Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing.
Why lawyer Scott Turow failed at crafting legal thrillers.
Why nonfiction writers Twain, Orwell, and E.B. White gave us such forgettable fiction as Tom Sawyer, 1984, and Charlotte’s Web.
Why scientists Stephen Gould, Carl Sagan, and Neil deGrasse Tyson were such failed popularizers.
Why Oscar Hammerstein III and Alan Jay Lerner, who wrote such memorable plays (Oklahoma, My Fair Lady), wrote such forgettable lyrics.
Can a Good Writer Write Anything?
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