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The answer is 42.
No, sometimes I can write a novella (20,000-50,000 words) in two days. Other times I'll write a novelette (5000-12000 words) in two WEEKS. A novel takes me longer than that, mostly because I seem to have developed ADD.
Anyways, it takes as long as it takes. It depends on how much you love your characters, or how much detail your mind gives you about what their world looks like. I mean, if you have to struggle to make up the world and the people, it takes forever. But if you can close your eyes and completely visualize the whole story like a movie... well, it takes you as long as it would to write a detailed synopsis of your favorite movie, then a bit more time to flesh things out.
Does that help you at all?
EDIT: Just wanted to clarify that this is just the WRITING part. The editing is a whole other kind of horror.
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