Create Rebellion: The Afterword, in which Robbie thanks everyone from his wife to JK Rowling and James Franco

af·ter·word

Dictionary result for afterword

/ˈaftərˌwərd/
noun
  1. a concluding section in a book, typically by a person other than the author.



In "Create Rebellion", Robbie Tripp has blessed his readers with writing the Afterword all by himself. Considering the whole thing probably took him an afternoon to write, it probably wasn't much of a hardship.

Robbie relates in the Afterword that there is a "universal truth that inspiration to create comes from consuming what others have created". He quotes Picasso as saying "great artists steal". He says that he feels artistically obligated to thank and salute everyone who has ever helped or inspired him.

Naturally he thanks his wife, his parents and his siblings. He also thanks "everyone else" which includes various people who read his manuscript, edited it (?!) and supported his rambling, er, writing. He also thanks Izzard Ink for I guess taking his money to publish this nonsense. He also thanks the city of Salinas, CA "for being the setting of my life story's transformation" and the Salt Lake Film Society for being a "sacred sanctuary of inspiration".

He goes on further to thank his "High Order". Beat poet Allen Ginsberg is listed first. AND SUDDENLY IT MAKES SENSE. Robbie Tripp admires Ginsberg's style and has attempted to mimic it with "Create Rebellion". He says Ginsberg helped him find his "true voice as a writer". If finding his "true voice" means "attempting to adopt the style of" then okay, I guess. The thank-yous also go out to:

Paulo Coelho
Peter B. Kyne
J.K. Rowling
Steve Jobs
Kanye West
Macklemore
Ryan Lewis
James Franco
Claude Debussy
Erik Satie
Dave Brubeck
Maxence Cyrin
Yoga Radio Station on Pandora
Charles Duhigg
Noah Baumbach
Alex Ross Perry
Sam Esmail
Wes Anderson

BUT WAIT, THERE'S MORE:

Lastly, he finishes his Afterword by thanking the haters. Classic Robbie Tripp.

There is also a page-long "About the Author" that is overblown and drawn-out, much like the few dozen pages that came before it. He likes to say that he "scored on" Shaquille O'Neal but that was when he was like ten years old. Of course O'Neal is going to let a kid think that he scored on him. It's just that usually when that kid grows up he realized that his basketball hero was just being gracious. He mentions being from and living in Salt Lake City, but as we know, he was from Parowan. "Learn more about Robbie at www.trippswag.com" is the final direction in this word circus. Unfortunately that site is dead. Seems Robbie actually figured out that the name sounded stupid.

In conclusion, I tip my hat to the last six blank pages of "Create Rebellion". Without those last six pages padding this drivel, "Create Rebellion" would still be a single-spaced, one page Word document.

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