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Re: Forty Hours Per Week?

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Doctor Scratch wrote:
Fri Jan 05, 2024 1:02 am
I’d definitely be willing to “look at” empirical evidence of DCP doing 40 hours of work as you’ve described, Dr. Moore.
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Doctor Scratch wrote:
Mon Jan 01, 2024 12:06 am
Meanwhile, there is the astonishing claim—apparently made with a straight face—that he spends “easily forty hours a week” on articles and book projects! Wow—really? This really strains credulity. Is he counting his daily (mostly recycled) blog posts as part of this? I thinks it’s safe to say that this is a wild exaggeration of the truth.

Famous and very prolific author, Stephen King has stated that he tries to write for 2 hours a day which equals approximately 1,000 words per day.

DCP writes 8 hours a day and still hasn't managed to finish anything?! Here is a list of several famous prolific authors and how much they write per day (Not one author even comes close to DCP's 8 hours per):

https://famouswritingroutines.com/colle ... s-authors/
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Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:53 pm
Doctor Scratch wrote:
Mon Jan 01, 2024 12:06 am
Meanwhile, there is the astonishing claim—apparently made with a straight face—that he spends “easily forty hours a week” on articles and book projects! Wow—really? This really strains credulity. Is he counting his daily (mostly recycled) blog posts as part of this? I thinks it’s safe to say that this is a wild exaggeration of the truth.

Famous and very prolific author, Stephen King has stated that he tries to write for 2 hours a day which equals approximately 1,000 words per day.

DCP writes 8 hours a day and still hasn't managed to finish anything?! Here is a list of several famous prolific authors and how much they write per day (Not one author even comes close to DCP's 8 hours per):

https://famouswritingroutines.com/colle ... s-authors/
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Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:53 pm
DCP writes 8 hours a day and still hasn't managed to finish anything?! Here is a list of several famous prolific authors and how much they write per day (Not one author even comes close to DCP's 8 hours per):
How do we know that Dr. Peterson does not define both writing and hours per day differently?

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Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:53 pm
Doctor Scratch wrote:
Mon Jan 01, 2024 12:06 am
Meanwhile, there is the astonishing claim—apparently made with a straight face—that he spends “easily forty hours a week” on articles and book projects! Wow—really? This really strains credulity. Is he counting his daily (mostly recycled) blog posts as part of this? I thinks it’s safe to say that this is a wild exaggeration of the truth.
The thing is, you could write for hours a day or write thousands of words, but how many of those words are publishable? How many breaks happen?

Famous and very prolific author, Stephen King has stated that he tries to write for 2 hours a day which equals approximately 1,000 words per day.

DCP writes 8 hours a day and still hasn't managed to finish anything?! Here is a list of several famous prolific authors and how much they write per day (Not one author even comes close to DCP's 8 hours per):

https://famouswritingroutines.com/colle ... s-authors/
Didn't post my text...

You can work so many hours and type so many words but how many are actually publishable?
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Imwashingmypirate wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:10 am
Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
Sun Mar 17, 2024 10:53 pm

The thing is, you could write for hours a day or write thousands of words, but how many of those words are publishable? How many breaks happen?

Famous and very prolific author, Stephen King has stated that he tries to write for 2 hours a day which equals approximately 1,000 words per day.

DCP writes 8 hours a day and still hasn't managed to finish anything?! Here is a list of several famous prolific authors and how much they write per day (Not one author even comes close to DCP's 8 hours per):

https://famouswritingroutines.com/colle ... s-authors/
Didn't post my text...

You can work so many hours and type so many words but how many are actually publishable?
For Peterson, it's 100% since the majority it seems, he simply plagiarizes anyway.
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Philo Sofee wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:28 pm
Imwashingmypirate wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2024 9:10 am


Didn't post my text...

You can work so many hours and type so many words but how many are actually publishable?
For Peterson, it's 100% since the majority it seems, he simply plagiarizes anyway.
Yes, 100% of DCP's writings are publishable. And when I say publishable, I mean that they have all been published by other authors.
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Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:57 pm
Philo Sofee wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2024 12:28 pm


For Peterson, it's 100% since the majority it seems, he simply plagiarizes anyway.
Yes, 100% of DCP's writings are publishable. And when I say publishable, I mean that they have all been published other authors.
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Marcus wrote:
Tue Mar 19, 2024 12:04 am
Everybody Wang Chung wrote:
Mon Mar 18, 2024 11:57 pm


Yes, 100% of DCP's writings are publishable. And when I say publishable, I mean that they have all been published other authors.
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LOL!

He’s been really slacking on the blog lately. It’s more of a snooze fest than usual.
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