So there’s no need to reinvent the writing craft, the process of thinking in print with a view to haul in a fresh batch of readers. To write is to be at war, payo nga ni Voltaire, at nakasanayan na ring magpalipat-lipat o maglunoy-lublob sa foxhole, pati sa watering hole, at katakam-takam na womanhole.
Talagang parang samputol na bulate o sampirasong hita pinilas mula palaka ang itinuhog sa taga’t ipinain para maipukol sa tubig ng anumang sapa’t dumugin ng mabibingwit na isda—isda venereal, oops, venerable sort of reader who plugs what’s between the ears with life-and-death matters of tripe and trivia.