There are many unspoken postulates in literary criticism, one being that the more one writes, the less remarkable one’s work is apt to be, Novelist Stephen King writes on nytimes.com.
Joyce Carol Oates, the author of more than 50 novels (not counting the 11 written under the pseudonyms Rosamond Smith and Lauren Kelly), understands perfectly how little use critics have for prolific writers. In one of her journals she wrote that she seemed to create “more, certainly, than the literary world allows for a ‘serious’ writer,” King reports.
For more of King’s intriguing article: http://kenallensforum.blogspot.com/
