> I bet Sanderson has written way more published words than Stine did at this point given that the Stine books are all relatively short. If you consider the no

> I bet Sanderson has written way more published words than Stine did at this point given that the Stine books are all relatively short. If you consider the notion that brevity is one of the more difficult parts of writing (and look at Sanderson's output), it's entirely possible that Sanderson's "more words" isn't evidence of "more work". Accounting for quality, it could be counter-evidence.