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minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoStephen King claims he writes 2000 words a day. R. L. Stein supposedly wrote a new (admittedly short) novel every two weeks. This Spanish romance novelist apparently wrote over 4000 novels in her lifetime. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corín_Tellado So sure, why not 80 technical papers in 2.5 years?
minus-square@oessessnex@programming.devcakelinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoIt’s easier to write that much if you are just making stuff up…
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoSuccessful writers generally don’t just make stuff up. They do plenty of research.
minus-squarepflanzenregallinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoYou can’t just compare creative writing to writing a paper.
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkfedilinkEnglish0•1 year agoTrue, but you can compare writing 4000 novels a year with being able to write 80 papers a few pages long in 2.5 and say that both are possible.
Stephen King claims he writes 2000 words a day.
R. L. Stein supposedly wrote a new (admittedly short) novel every two weeks.
This Spanish romance novelist apparently wrote over 4000 novels in her lifetime.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corín_Tellado
So sure, why not 80 technical papers in 2.5 years?
It’s easier to write that much if you are just making stuff up…
Successful writers generally don’t just make stuff up. They do plenty of research.
You can’t just compare creative writing to writing a paper.
True, but you can compare writing 4000 novels a year with being able to write 80 papers a few pages long in 2.5 and say that both are possible.