
Earlier this week, I achieved a milestone in my writing. I passed the one hundred thousand word count in the first draft of my first novel. The process has taken me twenty months to date, and I am probably a couple of months away from finishing the first draft.
There has been elation in getting to this point, and frustration in the time taken. In my defence, I have not suffered many bouts of procrastination, and have been working on a couple of different writing projects in those twenty months. For a bit of Friday Fun, I thought I would conduct some research and compile a couple of speed tables to see how I measured up to other published writers.
The Quickest Novels Ever Written
Book Title | Author | Time Taken |
1. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas | John Boyne | 2.5 days |
2. Rasselas | Samuel Johnson | 1 week |
3. On the Road | Jack Kerouac | 3 weeks |
4. A Clockwork Orange | Anthony Burgess | 3 weeks |
5. A Christmas Carol | Charles Dickens | 6 weeks |