How long will a novel take?

An 80,000-word draft at 500 words a day is 160 writing days. Change the length, what you have already written, or the daily number. If you keep a ledger here, use those figures instead of guessing.

The daily number should be one you can log, not the longest day you have ever had. For a shelf to aim at, see targets worth putting into Quillmark. For a month-long sprint, see writing challenges.