About L. Ron Hubbard
“A culture is only as great as its dreams. And its dreams are dreamed by artists.”
About L. Ron Hubbard
“A culture is only as great as its dreams. And its dreams are dreamed by artists.”
L. Ron Hubbard
Living the life and paying it forward
In the 1930s and 1940s, through the heyday of pulp magazines that filled newsstands with countless pages of adventure in all genres, one especially prolific and accomplished writer set the bar high for his peers and aspiring authors alike, a man whose fiction has since sold nearly fifty million copies and is one of today’s most widely read authors.
L. Ron Hubbard all but defined what it means to be a successful writer, and throughout his career he freely passed along his knowledge of the craft. His creation and endowment of the Writers of the Future Contest in the final years of his life is a natural extension of many years of “paying it forward.”
Hubbard’s literary output was legendary—simultaneously the envy of his peers and a blessing to his fans. For years, he regularly penned about 100,000 words per month (the equivalent of a typical modern novel). From 1934 to 1940, he published an average of three stories every four weeks—more than 138 short stories, novellas and novels in seven years.
100,000
Words every month
324
Published stories
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Pen Names
Writer
L. Ron Hubbard’s literary career spanned over half a century, through which he authored more than three hundred novels, novelettes and short stories.
Artist
“The artist is looked upon to start things,” wrote L. Ron Hubbard, “The artist injects the spirit of life into the culture.” These same sentiments certainly applied to himself as an accomplished artist, photographer, cinematographer, musician, songwriter, poet and writer.
L. Ron Hubbard’s literary career spanned over half a century, through which he authored more than three hundred novels, novelettes and short stories.
“The artist is looked upon to start things,” wrote L. Ron Hubbard, “The artist injects the spirit of life into the culture.” These same sentiments certainly applied to himself as an accomplished artist, photographer, cinematographer, musician, songwriter, poet and writer.