The impossible paid writing assignment
Some of us pride ourselves on being able to write about anything. Usually this involves having been at some time a general assignment reporter or a magazine freelancer (I was both).
After more than 30 years of writing magazine pieces, comic books, television scripts, books, variety shows, newspaper columns, cartoons, and who knows what else about countless subjects and with great wit, my pal Mark Evanier finally found the one thing he couldn’t write. Here it is. This amused me greatly.
May 28th, 2009 at 3:14 am
He should have taken a tip from Condi Rice, who, questioned about Iraqui War blunders, countered: “I’d rather talk about mistakes we DIDN’T make….”
Like, she went on, sending too many troops….