I didn't like it

For my ghostwriting paper, I used my friend as the writer to base my work off of. Now I'm no Shakespeare when it comes to writing, but trying to emulate my friend's work was painful. Granted he's not a "writing" type of person, but when the first sentence of your sample paper starts with a run on sentence-you know you're in for a fun time.

Since I knew his writing style somewhat well before this project, I had a slight idea as to what I would be doing. As a concrete example, I borrowed a paper he had written previously on a somewhat broad subject and started from there. Naturally, when one approaches a very open ended project like this, one has to choose to write about a topic the author has almost no idea about. That's why I chose abortion (and the consequences on society of abortion), yes abortion, to write my "fictional" research paper on. I have no idea why I chose that topic, and more specifically the effects of abortion on society, to write about. Maybe I needed to get in touch with my inner pregnant woman dilemma, that all guys need to do...or not.

Run on sentences, random questions in the middle of the paragraph, improper use of quotations with no citations, and way too many pronouns were just some of the land mines I had to not only step on, but plant in the paper myself. Coming from a very structured, organized approach to writing and having to ignore that same "subconscious" writing voice in place of a looser, more liberal style was difficult to say the least. I could compare it to Tom Brady being forced to copy the form and throwing style of a high school quarterback. That inner "instinct" would tell him to keep his foot or hold the ball differently than the high school quarterback, yet he would have to ignore it. I also remember some others saying the same things in class.

Combine all that with subject material that I knew next to nothing about, and you have the ingredients for a winning paper. I just hope there was no permanent damage done.