Focused Free Write 9/12

John Trimble makes the case that all writers are like warriors, defending claims and fortifying arguments. How do you respond to this trope, this figurative turn?

I don't necessarily agree with Trimble's statement that all writers are like warriors, defending claims and fortifying arguments. Using the term "all," is just too general and every writer is different. Some writers write exactly as Trimble states and stick to their guns the entire way through their writing, never backing down from their claims and arguments no matter what, but other writers are different. Some writers aren't always necessarily defensive. Some writers use more simple and poetic terms to explain themselves which deviates away from a warrior like stance. Some writers like to accommodate to their readers and deliver their message in a more and calm and lovely manner unlike warriors. Warriors show no mercy. Ever. Though warriors and writers both hold a lot of power: the warrior with his sword, and the writer with his pen it all depends on how they each use that power. Warriors use their swords all the same but each writer has their own signature tone and sometimes they just aren't nearly as similar to warriors as Trimble believes.