: Re: How much time do you spend writing one page on average? I'm writing a technical book about one programming technology and would like to compare how much time other authors spend on one page

@Jamie945

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Sorry, but about all I can say is: it varies.

Is there a particular publisher/series this is for? That would help me give a general estimate. For instance, it should take less time to (imo) write a page for a Dummies book than a Head First book.

In addition to your list, I really tend to burn up hours in two other areas:

Research
What do people commonly want to know about this particular topic?
Tasks/Examples
For programming books, I need code to demonstrate usage and syntax—so add on time to invent examples, and then code and debug them.

I've found that these can take up as much time again as all the actual writing parts put together.

And of course, what's one page in a word processor will only occasionally translate into one printed book page.

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