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by captn3m0 4121 days ago
I missed the number a bit. Its 2000 words/day. Here's the quote:

>[..] I don't think I write all that quickly. I do about 2000 words a day, most days. That's 250 words an hour working a normal schedule, and I often work more. 250 words an hour is NOTHING. Try typing a few emails, and you'll find out how fast 250 words goes by. I think for me, there are two secrets.

- [From his AMA earlier today](https://www.reddit.com/r/books/comments/2ytg2h/im_novelist_b...)

So, he writes around 8 hours per day, which is something you'd expect him to do at his level. You have to realize that he does writing for-a-living, full time. Most people doing NaNoWriMo aren't doing it full-time.

But yeah, he's definitely writing _consistently_, and that's what I find interesting.