How much time (hours, days, months, or years) does it take you to complete an article, story, book, or novel?
I was just thinking about this and so I was writing down a list of times it takes me.
I write almost daily and my topics vary widely. But how much time do I actually spend writing? It depends on what I am writing. I write both fiction and non-fiction in both short and book length.
For fiction:
A short story (5,000 - 10,000 words) takes me 5 to 8 hours to write.
A short novel or novella (40,000 - 75,000 words) takes me about 25 to 30 days to write.
A full length novel (100,000 - 200,000 words) takes me about 6 months to write.
For non-fiction (not counting the research time):
A short article (400 - 750 words) takes about 3 hours to write.
A long article (1,000 - 3,000 words) takes about 2 days to write.
An essay (5,000 - 10,000 words) takes about a week to write.
A non-fiction book (20,000 - 50,000 words) takes about 5 weeks to write.
All that said, I write mostly shorter stuff (under 10,000 words) so I tend to have something new every couple of weeks.
Well anyways, I just spent the last couple of hours figuring all of this out and now I'm wondering, has anyone else ever tried to figure out how much time it takes them to write, so I decided to come over here and ask you guys about it.
I was just thinking about this and so I was writing down a list of times it takes me.
I write almost daily and my topics vary widely. But how much time do I actually spend writing? It depends on what I am writing. I write both fiction and non-fiction in both short and book length.
For fiction:
A short story (5,000 - 10,000 words) takes me 5 to 8 hours to write.
A short novel or novella (40,000 - 75,000 words) takes me about 25 to 30 days to write.
A full length novel (100,000 - 200,000 words) takes me about 6 months to write.
For non-fiction (not counting the research time):
A short article (400 - 750 words) takes about 3 hours to write.
A long article (1,000 - 3,000 words) takes about 2 days to write.
An essay (5,000 - 10,000 words) takes about a week to write.
A non-fiction book (20,000 - 50,000 words) takes about 5 weeks to write.
All that said, I write mostly shorter stuff (under 10,000 words) so I tend to have something new every couple of weeks.
Well anyways, I just spent the last couple of hours figuring all of this out and now I'm wondering, has anyone else ever tried to figure out how much time it takes them to write, so I decided to come over here and ask you guys about it.
