So how long does it take to write a
book?
Not
very long if you know how. Here are some
writers and books you've probably heard of:
Barbara Cartland: 14 days
26 books in one year (1983)
723 books
published in her lifetime
A further 150+ published posthumously
Alexandre Dumas père: 3 days
Boulevard Comedy (stage play)
Man's Search for Meaning
The Fastest Way to Write Your Book
Ernest Hemingway: 6 weeks
Jack Kerouac: 3 days
A novel written under the pen name of Richard Bachman
D.H. Lawrence: 6 weeks
Walter Scott: 10.5 days
Two Waverley novels in three weeks
Evelyn Waugh: 6 weeks
You: ???
Your book
Please let me know if you come across any other examples
and I'll add them to this page.
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