How Long Does It Take To Write A Book.
Two weeks, three months, four years or a quarter of a century. The answer is.... any or all of the above. Asking "How long does it take to write a book?" is like asking "How long is a piece of string?"
It really all depends on you, how familiar you are with the subject, how much time you have etc.
These six factors all play a role in how long it will take to get your book written:
- How much you know about the subject you are writing about.
- How much time you have to invest in writing the book - Obviously, it will take longer if you have a full time job and 5 kids to take care of!
- How big or difficult the book is. A 300 page text book on Nuclear Physics will take longer than a 100 page book on your journey to India.
- Whether there are illustrations in the book as well as the number of illustrations. The more there are, the longer the book will be.
- How much others are involved. When you have to send the book off to publishers, collaborate with co-authors, editors and illustrators it adds to the amount of time needed to complete the book.
- The demands of your publisher. Some publishers may require many edits, re-writes and so on, which all add to the amount of time needed to complete the book.
There really isn't any deadline to meet, unless, of course you have to meet a publishers deadline. What's more important than how long it takes, is to actually get it done. The world is waiting to here what you have to say.
