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I have to admit that as I read this, I had recently awoken from a nap and in my stupor following that nap, I was somehow replacing Dan Brown's name with Tom Cla
by geocrasher 3y ago
I have to admit that as I read this, I had recently awoken from a nap and in my stupor following that nap, I was somehow replacing Dan Brown's name with Tom Clancy's.
Nevertheless I completely enjoyed the blog post and got a good laugh. It was only after reading through a number of the comments that I realized my mistake, and had to laugh even harder because some of the same things could have been said about Tom Clancy's writing.
And in fact, I really do think that most of these things could be sent about any successful writers works. It can also be said about musicians, artists, and probably the guy who washes your windows too.
That is say, their works are all derivative, are formulaic in nature, and probably involved Windows at some point.
- dudul 3y agoTom Clancy was indeed such a terrible writer. While his books were very interesting when it comes to the tech and the strategic realism (this guy freaking knew his stuff there is no denying that), his style was awful, character development was childish, and the pacing was always a bit odd. I would say the main difference with Brown is, as u said, Clancy knew his stuff. He would probably spend more time doing the research for his books than writing them. I can find respect for a writer that puts in the work like this.