Speed vs. Quality

[sarillia]

Another post inspired by a conversation over on fandomsecrets

How much do you think your writing speed influences the quality of your writing?

It seems to be general knowledge that if you write too quickly then quality will suffer. I haven't really noticed that in my own writing. If I push myself, I can write 4,000 words in an hour and it's not the mess that people picture when I tell them that. I fix typos, I go back and replace sentences I don't like, I do all the things I do when I'm writing just 1,000 words in an hour (a pace that feels very slow to me). I'm just more focused and I do it more quickly.

Have you noticed a difference in what you produce at different speeds?

Comments

[agilebrit]

I don't notice a difference in quality, myself. My usual pace is about 1200 words an hour, when I'm cooking, but sometimes it's faster and sometimes it's slower.

Even Jim Butcher has said he doesn't see a difference between the words he gets when he's smoking and when he's grinding. I wouldn't worry about it too much.