About Quote by Elizabeth Berg

Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book.

— Jerry Spinelli

Each book takes anywhere from two to three years to complete, from concept to outline to final edits. I work on as many as…

— Danielle Steel

Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.

— Ted Bell

When I am working on an epic-length book, the writing process is fairly long. It takes from four to five years to get through…

— Gunter Grass

How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.

— Walter Jon Williams

Each of my books has taken me a different length of time to write - eight months for 'Seesaw Girl,' eight months for 'Shard,'…

— Linda Sue Park

Normally, I spend a week on the outline and take two weeks to write the book.

— R. L. Stine

Each of my books took roughly one and a half years to write. Some may have taken a shorter time to write the draft…

— Alex Flinn

When you write your first book, you're writing in a vacuum; it doesn't matter how much time it takes. And then with the second…

— Sabaa Tahir

The first draft of a book—even a long one—should take no more than three months, the length of a season.

— Stephen King

Usually, I would mistrust a book if it took that long to write. Usually, if it isn't done in two years, I suspect there's…

— John Burnside

It takes me three months of research and nine months of work to produce a book. When I start writing, I do two pages…

— Alan Furst