A bit off-topic but as an aspiring author I’m blown away by serial writers, after reading Stephen King talk about it in his intro to the Green Mile, which was s

A bit off-topic but as an aspiring author I’m blown away by serial writers, after reading Stephen King talk about it in his intro to the Green Mile, which was serialised. Today, we could write an entire draft novel and discover major plot holes and smooth them out before a single paragraph makes its way into the public eye. Serial writers have effectively written in stone, and cast their words out to the world. They have to hope they haven’t inadvertently painted themselves into a corner.