Currently I’m reading 500 Ways to Be a Better Writer. I plan to buy his books about being a Freelance Penmonkey once I make a good dent in my reading pile; having a Kindle app and access to many free books I got a lot!
His writing style isn’t to everyone’s taste. He’s very caustic, swears a lot, and as a result can seem very crude.
Thing is: wasn’t Hunter S. Thompson abrasive and at times hard to take? He was seen as a ‘gonzo journalist’; Wendig is a ‘gonzo writer’.
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