People often ask how long I spend on essays. On average about 2 days per printed page. But it varies a lot. "The Refragmentation" (http://paulgraham.com/re.html ) took 3 months, because it required a lot of research, and "Writing, Briefly" (http://paulgraham.com/writing44.html ) took 67 minutes.
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Replying to @paulg
Paul, would you say you ‘carry’ the essays with you for a long time, then write them more clearly in 2 days or they mostly spontaneous observations, or both?
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Replying to @ZubaydaRingim
I often carry the first paragraph for a long time. The rest happens when I sit down to write.
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