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bawolff 3 hours ago

Well that was anticlimactic. I thought there would be at least a little more insight than just practise more.

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tstrimple 3 hours ago | parent [-]

The most prolific author in the world, Ryoki Inoue, published over 1000 books. He has basically the same advice.

> "The secret of the creative process is in 98% of sweat, 1% of talent and 1% of luck."

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MyHonestOpinon an hour ago | parent | next [-]

The least prolific very successfull author in the world was perhaps Juan Rulfo. He only wrote 300 pages in his whole life and lived to be 68. It is really hard to explain how was he able to produce such master works.

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bawolff 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Yes, because literally everyone has the same advice about all fields of endeavor.

	▲	robocat an hour ago \| parent [-]
		"1% of luck" is so meaningless. Did you have to be born to the right parents at the right time, or just avoid a car accident? And the ability or desire to work hard has some very soft dependencies.