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Dickens wrote every word of his own stuff. And walked something like 20 miles a day, too -- often all the way out of London and all the way back. There was no "
by gruseom 15y ago
Dickens wrote every word of his own stuff. And walked something like 20 miles a day, too -- often all the way out of London and all the way back. There was no "fiction factory" about him, just prodigious genius, and a whole lot of the best English ever written.
Adams is talking about stuff like this (chosen at random): http://www.amazon.com/Against-All-Enemies-Tom-Clancy/dp/0399157301 http://www.amazon.com/Against-All-Enemies-Tom-Clancy/dp/0399.... Note the critical little "with" on the cover.
Dickens' success as a bestseller proves Adams' point, not yours. If you want an example of yours, pick Stratemeyer.
- Vivtek 15y agoMy God, you're right! I hate it when my memory doesn't match reality. Pretend I said "Alexandre Dumas", then.
- gruseom 15y agoWell, now I've learned something. I had no idea that Dumas wasn't the sole author of his novels. (I'm not sure how he did it qualifies as a "factory", but perhaps it does.) Not only that, I had no idea that Dumas was the grandson of a Haitian slave. Or that Chirac had his body exhumed in 2002 and moved to the Pantheon. Best Wikipedia learnage I've had in some time! Edit: there's one interesting point about how Dumas worked. He relied on collaborators to come up with the basic plots and characters. Then he did the detailed writing and stylistic fluorish. That's exactly the opposite of how most ghostwriting works, or so I imagine.
- meric 15y agoBy definition, he was a famous ghostwriter.