Samantha Rose
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Ambrose Ibsen:
What is the shortest time in which you have written and published a book?
Ambrose Ibsen
Thank you for your question, Samantha!
Once, I wrote a complete novel (roughly 55,000 words) over the course of about three days. I was on a strict deadline and had written out a fairly detailed outline ahead of time. With the clock ticking, I leashed myself to my desk and kept banging on my keyboard despite wrist soreness and delirium. I slept and ate very little. The book turned out well after some involved editing, but I was so burnt out when I finished that it took me a few months to get back on track. I wouldn't recommend it.
If I stay on task, I can comfortably finish a full-length novel in about 10 days, but usually it takes me upward of a month because I give in to distractions.
Once, I wrote a complete novel (roughly 55,000 words) over the course of about three days. I was on a strict deadline and had written out a fairly detailed outline ahead of time. With the clock ticking, I leashed myself to my desk and kept banging on my keyboard despite wrist soreness and delirium. I slept and ate very little. The book turned out well after some involved editing, but I was so burnt out when I finished that it took me a few months to get back on track. I wouldn't recommend it.
If I stay on task, I can comfortably finish a full-length novel in about 10 days, but usually it takes me upward of a month because I give in to distractions.
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