I think you have to play to your strength. TMF wasn't MJ's 43rd book about entrepreneurship. He took a long time (seemed like forever we were being promised it 
) to write it, but he put a vast amount of wisdom into it which made it a success.
His strength was the depth of his knowledge.
I went to school with a guy by the name of Douglas Coupland. I didn't even know he was writing, and all of sudden he has the book out called Generation X that made him a celebrity and a pile of cash (a BIG pile). His strength was that he had a unique perspective on pop culture.
I can't even type 10,000 words a day, so obviously being able to crank out the word counts like you guys do will never work for me. I'm even a careful and methodical reader, never mind writer. But I have other strengths but I have other strengths the come from the experiences that I've lived, that make me, hopefully, able to find success as a writer.
I guess my point is there's room for everyone along the spectrum. If big work counts is your strength, and you're good at it (I'm jealous), then that is your path. If it is one book a year, then that's really all you can work with.
Obviously the caveat is that you have to write and get feedback on your writing to improve, not matter what your style is, so big word count does have a big advantage if the words are part of a feedback loop.
) to write it, but he put a vast amount of wisdom into it which made it a success.His strength was the depth of his knowledge.
I went to school with a guy by the name of Douglas Coupland. I didn't even know he was writing, and all of sudden he has the book out called Generation X that made him a celebrity and a pile of cash (a BIG pile). His strength was that he had a unique perspective on pop culture.
I can't even type 10,000 words a day, so obviously being able to crank out the word counts like you guys do will never work for me. I'm even a careful and methodical reader, never mind writer. But I have other strengths but I have other strengths the come from the experiences that I've lived, that make me, hopefully, able to find success as a writer.
I guess my point is there's room for everyone along the spectrum. If big work counts is your strength, and you're good at it (I'm jealous), then that is your path. If it is one book a year, then that's really all you can work with.
Obviously the caveat is that you have to write and get feedback on your writing to improve, not matter what your style is, so big word count does have a big advantage if the words are part of a feedback loop.
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