Every kind of book I've written has been written in a different way. There has not been any set time for writing, any set way, I haven't re-invented the process every time but I almost have.
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Every book is like starting over again. I've written books every way possible - from using tight outlines to writing from the seat of my pants. Both ways work.
Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.
I write in a very peculiar way. I think about a book for 25 or 30 years in a kind of inchoate way, and at one point or another, I realize the book is ready to be written. I usually have a character, a first line, and general idea of what the book is going to be about.
I was always writing the books that I wanted to write, books that demanded to be written at the time. But, like most writers, you start off feeling your way.
With each book you write you have to learn how to write that book - so every time, you have to start all over again.
Writers don't write writing, they write reading. When I was a kid, I read four or five books a week. And that is how I became a writer.
Usually it takes me about nine to 12 months to write a book.
Most writers can write three times as many books as I have and still live a life.
How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.
I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something new, and with every new novel I try to improve the process of writing.
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