Thread: How many hours go into writing a novel?
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Old 10-09-2011, 11:36 AM   #1
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How many hours go into writing a novel?
As I prepare for a first novel, I'm curious about the total time that goes into writing a novel.

How many total hours do you spend on plotting, writing and revising each novel, start to finish?

I mean real "sit down at your desk and work on the book" time, not the "wonder what I'll write about" time, or research, or the formatting/selling/publishing side.

Also, I wonder...
* Do you consider the time consuming tasks the fun part or the painful part?
* Can writers learn to become very efficient with practice?
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