From 6 Weeks to 6 Years: Great Writers, Great Novels, & How Long It Took

In honor of National Novel Writing Month, Open Road Media explored how long it has taken some renowned novelists to write their masterpieces. We discovered that Lawrence Durrell wrote Balthazar, the second novel in his acclaimed Alexandria Quartet, in six weeks, whereas James Salter's tour de force, A Sport and a Pastime, took about six years to write.

NaNoWriMo may be coming to an end, but that doesn't mean you should quit! As Ray Bradbury said: "You fail only when you stop writing."

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