It was because Roddenberry was a WWII bomber pilot turned LAPD motorcycle cop turned hollywood radio and TV writer. Being a writer was his third career, not his first. He went and did something REAL with his life before he became a writer. And those experiences enriched and informed his skill as a writer. People want to become writers first without having done anything with their lives other than having gone to college. Is it any suprise the writing sucks?
CC
Nope and well stated!
Maybe 10 years ago at a family reunion, a cousin was complaining to me that her son wasn't getting any traction as a “writer”. Now this son either was still in college, had dropped out or had just graduated. I no longer remember which “state of being” he was in. I just remember blurting out, ‘What the heck does he have to write about? He hasn't done anything!” Of course later I got a lecture from my mother, my father & my wife for my lack of couth and how I had gotten that side of the family all mad at me. I told them I didn't care and since I lived 10 hours away from the part of the family I really really didn't care. I got another lecture on how I can't go through life so unsociable. Well I have and I will continue to be so!