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An alternative explanation is that famous artists struggle to replicate their initial success because it often required a large amount of luck.
by eutectate 11y ago
An alternative explanation is that famous artists struggle to replicate their initial success because it often required a large amount of luck.
- thaumasiotes 11y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_toward_the_mean https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regression_toward_the_mean Authors often do get noticeably worse after becoming famous, though. Take the reasonably well-known example of Robert Jordan, who wrote a series of 5 great books followed by 5 lackluster books. It's hard to say he just got lucky five times in a row. And you can look at the same question another way by reading self-published (therefore, unedited) books -- I used to be quite open to reading those; bitter experience has taught me not to bother.