> the writing is coming from someone who wants to be a writer as opposed to just being one Mod has made a living writing, creating books, and taking photograph

> the writing is coming from someone who wants to be a writer as opposed to just being one Mod has made a living writing, creating books, and taking photographs for many years. I'd say that makes him a writer, not a wannabe writer. You have critiqued his style, and that's fine. You don't like it, but your stylistic preferences don't govern who deserves to be considered a writer. Would you mind sharing an example of writing that is in your preferred style?