Pritikaa asked Katharine McGee:

I absolutely love your work <3 How long does it usually take for the first draft of a novel to be completed?

Katharine McGee For me, writing is all-or-nothing: either I’m deep in a draft and thinking about it nonstop, or I’m not really writing at all. That is, I find it hard to “casually” write if I have a stray hour or two! It takes some time to fully submerge myself in the world and the characters—I have trouble getting much accomplished if I don’t have at least half a day free so that I can focus.

I usually spend about four months on the first draft of each project. But I do a lot of worldbuilding and brainstorming before I start writing, so the first draft of a new series always takes longer than the first draft of a sequel. For American Royals, I spent nearly a year fine-tuning the concept (and writing and rewriting the first few chapters!) before I felt ready to tackle the first draft. It was much easier with Majesty, probably only two months of outlining before I started writing.

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