I believe the first draft of a book – even a long one – should take no more than three months… Any longer and – for me, at least – the story begins to take on an odd foreign feel, like a dispatch from the Romanian Department of Public Affairs, or something broadcast on high-band shortwave duiring a period of severe sunspot activity. Stephen King
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The first draft of a book takes no more than three months. This quote is about how long it takes to write the first draft of a book. If it takes longer than three months, the story begins to take on an odd foreign feel, like a dispatch from the Romanian Department of Public Affairs, or something broadcast on high-band shortwave duiring a period of severe sunspot activity.

Source: On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft

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