Comment by jampa
8 days ago
As someone who is also writing a book (for the first time), I hate how accurate this is.
I wrote my first draft in 3 months, about 200 pages... Six months later, I haven't delivered a quarter of the book. And I will probably revisit those delivered chapters later.
If you are interested, my writing group is doing a free, 6-week (1-hour on Thursday) accountability group sprint. We spend most of the time writing (quick chat at the beginning and end)
https://pages.usefulbooks.com/writing-sprint-2025
Try writing other people’s books. As in typing them into the word processor. It really helps speed things up.