How Long Does It Take to Write a Novel? (Anne Charnock for Writers Digest). Of course, the real answer is “it depends.” On the writer, schedule, desire, research needed, and many more options. In this post, Anne compares the writing of her second novel, Sleeping Embers of an Ordinary Mind as compared with her first novel, A Calculated Life.
The first took years, with breaks of sometimes months between work periods. The second, for which Anne kept a record of her time (excluding research) was 222 days. With the research, it was 52 weeks (this was for a novel of about 70,000 words).
Writers benefit from exploring how other authors write, experience, and finish books, and this is a worthwhile read. Anne discussed her drafting versus editing time and her use of an outline and a themes/motifs spreadsheet.
Read the full post here.
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