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Originally Posted by gmw
If the sentence I highlighted above is true, I suspect it may simply be that once successful or prolific authors get pressured to created beyond what they really want to do. But it's not a generalisation I trust. I can think of many authors where (IMO) the quality has/did not drop off; and other explanations present themselves for changing preferences:
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Some authors do go on too long. A classic example is Agatha Christie. Her last few novels were written when she was starting to suffer from dementia, and the writing shows it. It would have been far better had she stopped in her prime.