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Well, it took me five years to write my (unpublished novel), so I kind of gave up on it after the first draft.
Short Stories generally take me about 10-12 hours to write a first draft and about another five to six hours going through my various edits (I also have other people do a read through and mark things up for me, which is not included in that time). I used to think that I would only be interested in writing novels and didn't care for short stories. I've completely flipped on that and now I'm not sure that I will ever attempt to write another novel.
Anywhere from 6 to 12 months to write a novel, then the rewrites take about a month for the first one, then the same again on the third and fourth etc. until I'm part way happy.
A short story takes me about a day to write, then another day or two of rewrites.
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I have thirty plus shorts stories I actually worked off and on with for almost fifteen years. A little ridiculous, but I was trying to come into my own voice, too, and trying to perfect them. Nowadays, I can get a finished product after about the third or fourth rewrite. Much nicer on my end now. A novel, I can do in about six months, depending. I managed to write a three hundred page manuscript once in about three weeks. But then, I don't have any friends or a social life, either.
When I posted before about my revision times I think I seriously underestimated the time. I don't seem to notice how much time it takes until I get ready to start a new one and look at my deadline. For instance, I want to write a story for an anthology that has a deadline of May 1st to submit (slightly less than a month away). I have serious doubts I will be able to write it and go through the ten to fifteen edits and rewrites I always have to go through to get it in shape enough that anybody will even glance at it. I'm going to try though.
Always comes down to that, of course, but there are other factors. I've gotten good, quick feedback from antho editors, but I wish there were more of them that weren't so specific about what they wanted. But, it's a two way street, because a good anthology concept is so tempting that it makes one want to tool around with it. For example, thanks to one anthology concept, I'm working on a noir epic poem. I don't know if it will work, but they said the format will be fine.
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Anywhere from three months to a year for novels, anywhere from a day to a few weeks for shorts... but revision, now. Revision can go on for infinity if it's not stopped by publication.
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