I wrote 'Legends of the Fall' in nine days, but I had been thinking about it for a few years.
I write fast, because I have not the brains to write slow.
From writing rapidly it does not result that one writes well, but from writing well it results that one writes rapidly.
I write quickly with a sense of urgency. I don't edit myself out of existence, meaning I'll try to write 50 or 60 pages before I start rereading, revising and editing. That just helps with my confidence.
Write out the story - rapidly, fluently, and not too critically - following the second or narrative-order synopsis. Change incidents and plot whenever the developing process seems to suggest such change, never being bound by any previous design.
As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough - I wrote faster than I would write a letter - two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it.
You can tell a lot in shorthand.
Nobody believes this, but I write very fast.
I'd much prefer to write more quickly.
Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.
There is no pleasure in the world like writing well and going fast.
I write four or five a books a year. That means that I usually have one on the go. I am fortunate in being able to write quickly - 1000 words an hour.
