One advantage the writing profession has over pro sports is that no one needs nutritional supplements to write well. Has anyone ever alleged that Stephen King was able to pump out so many best-selling horror novels only through the use of androsteen? Nope. Or that J.K. Rowling relied on steroid injections to finish her seven-book Harry Potter series on time? Absolutely not.
So yeah, we writers get paid far less, and are only public figures when the WGA decides to strike for slightly better pay once every 15 years or so. But at least writers can’t cheat to achieve greatness.
And no, plagiarism doesn’t count, since writers who engage in that type of cheating are almost always caught, and are almost never among the top writers.
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