How fast can you write?

[RiceballWasTaken]

How much words can you get out in an hour? And how much words do you get off on a good day?

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Varies wildly. Have not actually tracked metrics much but the last time I did I seemed to average 800 words a day, which reflected about three hours of writing, so about 250 an hour. But I know I tend to average about 100 words a day, so about 50 an hour - and have been FAR over 250 a few times.

 

[AmbreaTaddy]

Decades ago, while I was doing the nanowrimo in my native tongue with author friends, I topped at 650 words in a WW (word war, it's basically a game you do during the nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) where you write as much as possible of your novel in 15 minutes)

Nowadays I don't keep track, but I think I'm at 1k w/hour in english and 1500 w/hour in french

But since I wrote 120k words this month, I think I'm way quicker when I'm inspired

 

[Hans.Trondheim]

How much words can you get out in an hour? And how much words do you get off on a good day?

Depends on how 'warmed up' my thoughts are.

On average 'non-warmed up' days, I don't write. I do research, though.

On days I start to 'warm up', 500 to 1k words all day.

On average 'warmed up' days, it is 3k to 8k. About 2k words per hour.

On days I 'explode' writing, I can go up to 15k words per one sitting.

 

[Paul__Michaels]

Two words on a good day.

 

[Daydreamers]

depends on my mood and what I am writing, sometimes 1k sometimes only a 100

 

[Deleted member 84247]

Probably 1.5k an hour. The most I can get in a day is around 8k. Any more and I would die

 

[lambenttyto]

How much words can you get out in an hour? And how much words do you get off on a good day?

I generally write about 1,500 words an hour and I write until I hit 3,000 words (12 manuscript pages) to keep myself writing at pulp speed, which is a million words a year. Rewriting is for chumps.

 

[Wanderrae]

1: Well-written, with great subject matter and sensible pacing. 350 words~ an hour

2: Fast food tier writing, legible and plot sensible. 500-1000 words ~ an hour

3: Schizophrenia induced mania, and may start echoing the words of nyarlathotep as I drift into sleep and out. 1500-2000 words ~ an hour

 

[Zagaroth]

I'm not sure about my hourly, but on a good day I can write a 3k-4k chapter (most of my chapters are 2k-3k though, and usually take 2-3days)

It's about energy levels and focus for me.

 

[NineHeadHeavenDevouringSerpent]

 

[Puji-Maki]

1k words per hour, sometimes 1200 words.

 

[ElijahRyne]

How much words can you get out in an hour? And how much words do you get off on a good day?

10-15 wpm, ~1000-1200 words an hour.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

On a good day, I can put six things on the shopping list.

 

[Clo]

According to trackbear, all my recent writing sessions/day have been ~4500 words. That's usually over the course of a 3~5 hours. So around 1000-1500 words/hour seems to be my pace, similar to my fellow French colleague in this thread, AmbreaTaddy

 

[Hoshino]

Notice:1k words in 30 minutes.If I'm motivated then 2k words in 30 minutes.20k words in a day If I'm not lazy-nya.

 

[ShrimpShady]

When I'm feeling good, maybe 1k. A lot of my writing process consists of staring at a Word doc.

20k words in a day If I'm not lazy-nya.

 

[Deleted member 192215]

Average: 1000 words a day. Then back to brainstorming.

Bad day: 300 words.

Good day (coffee): 8000 words peak in a single day.

 

[Garolymar]

Sometimes I can go for hours just typing like crazy and then other times I get stuck every paragraph. when that happens I usually pace around my apartment or take a shower till I can figure out how to get to the next part of a scene. I'd really love to know why being able to think better in the shower is such a common thing for people?

 

[Hsinat]

I have the capability of writing 4k words per day, but because of writer's block and fever... 1 word per hr.