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minus-squareFlying SquidlinkEnglish1•7 months 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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•7 months agoIt’s easier to write that much if you are just making stuff up…
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkEnglish3•7 months agoSuccessful writers generally don’t just make stuff up. They do plenty of research.
minus-squarepflanzenregallinkEnglish7•7 months agoYou can’t just compare creative writing to writing a paper.
minus-squareFlying SquidlinkEnglish-4•7 months 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.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•edit-27 months agoHe didn’t write all those papers. He put his name on them. He also finds it worth his time to publicly argue with a pig in shit, so there’s that.
minus-square@candybrielinkEnglish3•edit-27 months agoThe writing of the paper is generally a trivial part of the work. Each technical paper is supposed to be a succinct summary of months or years of technical work.
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.
He didn’t write all those papers. He put his name on them. He also finds it worth his time to publicly argue with a pig in shit, so there’s that.
The writing of the paper is generally a trivial part of the work. Each technical paper is supposed to be a succinct summary of months or years of technical work.