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Re:But I'm Not a Lawyer, I'm an Agent by empath75 on Thursday April 04, 2019 @08:48AM (#19571578)
Was someone accusing david Simon of being a bad writer?
Re:But I'm Not a Lawyer, I'm an Agent by village-idiot on Thursday April 04, 2019 @10:26AM (#19572645)
Yes. Scroll down and try to read the low contrast entries at the bottom.
Re:But I'm Not a Lawyer, I'm an Agent by SilasX on Thursday April 04, 2019 @12:58PM (#19574534)
It seems to have completely disappeared.

Too bad, too, because I make the same criticism myself, of the New Yorker style of "make me wade through 500 words just for an inkling of what this is actually about". But yeah, it's a matter of taste.

Re:But I'm Not a Lawyer, I'm an Agent by village-idiot on Thursday April 04, 2019 @01:15PM (#19574727)
Keep in mind that he’s writing to convince other writers, statistically you probably aren’t the target audience. My gym buddy who’s a professional tv writer says that this entry had a big impact on getting WGA to do something.
Re:But I'm Not a Lawyer, I'm an Agent by SilasX on Thursday April 04, 2019 @02:21PM (#19575476)
Fair enough, this is a case where it would actually be more correct to use that style!
Re:But I'm Not a Lawyer, I'm an Agent by Sebguer on Thursday April 04, 2019 @11:24AM (#19573388)
There's a heavily downvoted comment claiming this was poorly written.