N. R. M. Roshak

At last calculation, writing a story takes N.R.M. Roshak 1.02E3 times as long as reading, on a per-word basis. Entire novels have been consumed and digested by this author in the time it takes a 300-word flash fiction to progress from nascent idea to submittable. Scientists are still debating whether the rate of output is trending up or down. Conservative models predict a complete stallout in the near future; more optimistic forecasts call for increased output, culminating in a shower of words. All, however, agree that further study is warranted.