NICE LITTLE NUMBER OF WORDS AUTHORS WRITE PER DAY
NICE LITTLE NUMBER
jeanniejeanniejeannie.co.uk BLOG Monday 20th January 2020
I am always interested in the number of words authors write. Here is the number of words written per day by some famous authors.
Words Written Author
Per Day
1 500 Ernest Hemingway
2 2,000 Stephen King
3 1,500 Jack London
4 135 Tom Wolfe
5 1,400-1,800 Mark Twain
6 1,000 W. Somerset Maugham
7 1,000 Sarah Waters
8 1,000 Sebastian Faulks
9 10,000 Michael Crichton
10 600-900 Kate DiCamillo
11 2,000 Nicholas Sparks
12 1,000 J.G. Ballard
13 600 Ian McEwan
14 1,800 Lee Child
15 3,000 Anne Rice
16 3,000 Arthur Conan Doyle
17 600 Arthur Hailey
18 500 Graham Greene
19 1,000 Holly Black
20 2,500 Maya Angelou
21 1,000-2,000 Margaret Atwood
22 3,000 Iain Banks
23 6,000 Jon Creasey
24 3,000 Norman Mailer
25 6,000-8,000 Georges Simenon’s incredible literary output was also due to him being a notoriously fast writer. Simenon usually wrote 6,000-8,000 words a day, or anything up to 60 to 80 pages and took approximately 11 days to complete a novel.
INSPIRATIONAL QUOTE FOR THE DAY
We do not remember days but moments. Life moves too fast so enjoy your precious moments. – Anon
HAPPINESS IS…
Happiness is…writing 1,000…2,000…3,000 or more words a day
GRANDAD’S ONE LINER JOKE OF THE DAY
Mum: Shall I Put the TV on? Daughter: No, the dress you’re wearing looks fine.
LOVE IS…
Love is…us
©2020 Phil M Robinson