The more I want a book to be done, the faster I type because I just want to get it out.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I type most of my books for the first chapter or two - I use a manual typewriter for the first 50 pages or so - and then I move to the computer. It helps me keep the work lean so I don't end up spending 10 pages describing a leaf.
I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft. I can write more quickly than I can read.
When I sit down I write very fast... if I haven't finished a book in two or three months then I think it's not going well.
I'm quite a slow reader. It can take me quite a while to get though a book.
I don't write quickly, and I don't want to.
My book is already online. I can type 150 words a minute. I took typing in high school.
If I'm going really, really fast, I can do a page of finished text a day, on average.
The thing I'm always trying to do when I write is hit that sweet spot where the book both keeps you up late at night, and yet a week after you've finished, it still pops back into your head.
When I write a book, I write very cleanly from page one to the last page. I hardly ever write out of sequence.
I often write in pencil on paper and then type up later. It's much quicker than using a keyboard.