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Originally Posted by Russic
These articles are interesting to me in that I never realized how many crafted their skills by replacing something terrible in their lives with hockey. It's almost like they're addicts that managed to find hockey before drugs. Sadly for a bunch of these guys it appears as though they find the drugs eventually.
All the Players' Tribune articles are amazing, but they're all clearly written by other people. You're right that it's his thoughts and story, but I'd be surprised if it was entirely his words.
For example, they all seem to foreshadow with the same style... "There was this kid named <amazing player> coming up", or "I would meet a coach named <legendary coach> and it would change my life". Off the top of my head I can think of 3 that have done it. I'm not knocking it – it's an awesome story telling element.
I love the Players' Tribune, but my only problem with it is they don't credit the ghostwriter(s) who are in my opinion doing the most important part. I'm purely speculating, but those positives you point out about theme and tone are purely the work of the writer. |
agree that the ghost writers deserve credit for their amazing work, but disagree the way you seem to dismiss the players stories by saying the writing is the most important part. sure the writing adds weight to the story, but the players story and contribution is by far the most important part.