[throwaway7827]

Its a negative, click-baity headline. A more accurate headline that matches the article would be "Its harder to write a bestseller than most people think."

Ultimately the article agrees with your perspective. The last paragraph: "If you want to write a book, do it. It’s wonderful and horrible and fulfilling and soul-crushing all at the same time. But do it because you want to, not because someone suggested it one time."

[byteface]

Ye I got that. But in my experience EVERYONE should write a book. If deluding yourself that it will be a best seller helps, then do it. I imagined many scenes in my book as movie scenes. People are allowed to dream. For all those failures like me out there, that's all we get.