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Asimov was an exceptional writer. Of course he spent a few yrs writing before he made his first saie too I think. And he had John Campbell to guide him as well. I didn't know about Erle Stanley Gardner writing his Perry Mason books in around 3 days time. Interesting. I found by doing the math that if a person writes 5 pages an hour (1,250 words) and writes for 5 hrs a day (25 pages a day) that at the end of 8 days they could have written 50k. The 1st day of the 9 would be for working out a basic outline and character sketches, and the other 8 would be the actual 1st draft writing. Of course that means having the rear planted firmly in the desk chair for several hours daily too. Certainly it should be possible to do that though if the 5 hrs are split into two periods (to give the writer time to stretch and release stress).
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