How long does it take you to write an article?

It totally depends on the quality, style and subject of the article. I've spent 5 minutes on articles before and I've spent more than an hour on them as well.

Takes me 30 seconds to write a full article on anything I want...

"Hey Freelancer,

I need a XXX word article on XXX.

Thanks,
Dave"


If it takes you any longer than this you either need to go into freelance writing or prepare to wait a loooong time to see cash roll in.

Replace yourself.

-Dave

At least an hour if the article is worth anything at all to my reader.

This means researching a topic thoroughly and accurately and synthesizing a unique take on the information that my readership will be able to understand (presumably).

This is why I charge some of the most outrageous prices for my article writing service on the entire Warrior Forum; good articles are HARD work. :p

Before starting article think about your title find some interesting information on it. then start typing it will improve your speed. I normally do this it takes few minute.

For me, it depends on the subject matter and stuff. If it's a niche I am familiar with, I can basically type from my head to the page. I would really about your speed and all that. Once you get used to doing it, your speed will naturally increase. Just do you.

Joey

The typing speed is useless if you will take a lot of time to think on what you are going to write. (Just a fact!)

I spend 1 hour on writing a 600 word article. However if its not my niche I usually take 2 hours or 3.

If I'm writing an article to promote my own product/sites/service, I'll typically take less than 20 minutes. I'll just grab a random review from someone else describing a similar product/site/service, then run through with a thesaurus in the next tab changing words as I go.

If I'm writing an article of around 500 words for someone else, I'll usually take between 1 - 2 hours..

I write articles fairly quickly. I can type about 100 words a minute so I can knock out a 400 word article quickly. The reason I can write articles so fast is because I write about subjects I know quite a bit about. These are things that I am constantly reading and learning about so I always have something to write an article about. Whenever I learn something new, I write about it.

When you first start writing articles it will take a lot of time cause you are constantly reading and re-reading everything you typed. Just write. Don't over think it. Yes grammar and spelling are very important, but don't fixate on them so much that it takes you an hour just to type 300 words.

Sometimes it takes 5 min and sometime it takes an hour! It depends on what you are writing about and how much do you know about it.

For a 500 word article, 20-30 minutes of actual writing. A subject I don't know well takes 1-2 hours of research. A subject I don't know at all usually takes about 2-4 hours of research. I can generally get 20-30 actual articles out of that research before I have to start doing more of it.

Including research I would say about 30 mins to an hour if the subject is a bit familiar for me. If I'm trudge into unfamiliar waters, would take me at least twice as long. So it would depend really on the topic that you are working on.

Article writing is best way to promote your business, But it depends on the quality of your article content .So it take a long time to write an article . generally 1/2 hours for one articles

It depends on what the article is for and the quality. I can write an article in 5-10 minutes (excluding research) or the higher quality articles that my subscribed readers will be seeing could take up to an hour.

Well i can write one article in two hours. 350 words.

The best thing I ever did was learn to type. I can type almost as fast as I can think... but then again, I am pretty slow

I think I used Kirian or something like that to learn how to type quickly.

... depends on how much the person is paying me. :p

I don't count. I write for quality. I have resigned myself to the fact that the article market -- as a provider -- is currently flooded, so prices will be down. I don't rush my work.

Reading through the responses of other warriors has told me that there are writers with varying speeds over here! Some are fast typists with a good knowledge about the niche, and these are the ones who manage to put out several articles in a single hour. Then there are others who take more time to research their content, even if it means they don't write more than a couple of articles per hour. That's a fine mix of writers we've got As for me I belong to the first kind - if I feel like I know a lot about the concerned topic, I can fire away at least five 500 word articles per hour, and they're all acceptable (Wow, this thread is great for bragging )

1. I type about 175 wpm using Dragon Naturally Speaking, about 140-150 wpm using the Windows built-in speech recognition program on Vista. Without that software I type about 75 wpm.

2. It all depends on how much research is needed. If I'm writing about a niche / topic I already know I can crank out a 500 word article in 15 minutes or less. If it's a topic I or someone on my staff does not know much about it can take up to an hour or more. It really varies.

RoD

I write an article on any niche and it would take me about 20 minutes for a 300-400 words.

I would usually read some info on this niche online and then get some great ideas into my head.

Good post - in my MAIN niches I have actually built up a lot of knowledge so it can take about 20 mins. If it is a new niche anything from 30 mins to 1 hour is normal.

Chris

I'm a fast typist but not a fast writer. I still spend too much time researching but I hate writing fluffy sounding articles. If it's a topic I'm already familiar with then it goes much faster, of course.

I spend one to two hours on a 600 word article.

Rose

Yer that's a really vague question.

For my main blog...10 minutes. Otherwise outsource it.

I am at the level now where i hire people to
write my articles for me.

In the past i use to find PLR (Private Label Rights)
articles for the topic i was writing about.
When i found that article i would rewrite it.
The uniquiness would be no less that 90%.

Now i find people on elance or amazon turk to
write my articles for me. Doing that saves
so much time.

Well, it takes me around 20-30 minutes for a good 500 word articles. I am not taking into account the research I needed to do for the article.

If I know the topic, I'd say 10 to 15 minutes the most. If not sure, then could be up to 20 minutes. I could do quicker than that, but it includes rechecks to make sure it makes sense and the grammar is correct.

Wow, good question. If the subject is something I am passionate about, 15 minutes for 400 or 500 words.

If it takes some research, maybe up to an hour. Sometimes I will read other articles on the subject to shorten the time.

You guys are all really faster than me. I've been taking around 4 or 5 hours to write 1,500-2,000 articles. I blame a mixture of dyslexia and being easily distracted.

The problem I have with taking longer than an hour for one article, is at only 5 bucks an article, you don't get enough compensation to support yourself. Unless you work long hours with a steady supply of work.

I'm not to that point yet, where my skill is high enough, or the work is in high abundance.

I guess if the quality is good though you'd get a pay raise, so maybe I'm just not thinking long-term. I also find it helpful to look back on the article and edit it later. Even editing the article a couple different times. I see something new everytime.

I don't know, a few minutes...a few hours. My typing speed is around 30 WPM, but I only use my index fingers. However, I'm not writing to impress some imaginary radar gun, but rather to communicate ideas.

I mean this in the nicest way possible: it doesn't matter to me how fast anybody writes, and those that can ONLY brag about speed are missing the point.

There's nothing wrong with writing faster, and if you can do it and maintain quality then that's awesome! But don't make the mistake of thinking that it's all that important, and don't make the mistake of thinking that it's that strong of a selling point for people who care about the quality of the writing they're paying for (or that quantity alone is what will make you money).

To me it's similar to those who boast of having a list with 200,000 people on it. Yipee! What does that have to do with anything? How well does the list convert and how much do you earn from it? Because I'd rather have a list of 200 buyers than a list 200,000 that never even read messages. Of course I would rather have a list of 200,000 buyers, but it's not the quantity that's important it's the quality; the same thing is true when it comes to writing.

All the best,
Michael

Interesting thread - writers take from 5 minutes to one day to write an article.

I do not understand how anyone can write a quality article in 5 minutes. I'm not saying you can't or doubting your writing ability, that just blows my mind.

It takes me anywhere from 1 hour to one day.

I do an outline to organize my thoughts - topics that will be discussed in the article.

I don't think it matters how fast you type. If you cannot type fast enough to get your thoughts on the computer, keep a notepad next to you and write down the thoughts so you don't forget them.

Another reason it takes me so long, I'm a perfectionist. I can't send an article I don't believe is perfect.

It depends on the length of the article, the niche, how tired I am. All of those things. I type pretty fast, over 80 words per minute.

A good quality original article thats at least 500 words, should only take 1 hour.

Depends on the lenght and topic, could take from 5 minutes to an hour or 2

Doing quality research ahead of time is extremely important for me. I can write an article in a matter of a few minutes if the subject matter that I am familiar with. I have also spent an hour writing an article to make sure I have followed the directions accordingly and it all makes sense.
I don't like to nick pick every little grammar mistake that I have made. I often find that my clients enjoy my writing as if I am talking to them on a personal level.
Although other clients want the strict profile and have no mistakes but I generally charge a little bit more for them. In addition, the time frame can be a motivator to get the job done quickly.

I can type 95wpm

but all takes is a "hey I need this many articles, thanks a lot. -Chris"

You definitely have to leverage your time and find a freelance writer to do your dirty work for you. Work should be getting done while you're not working ya know?!

cheers!

It depends on the quality of the article, and the time of how long will takes you to finish an article don't really have to be in-line with the number of words and its content. There are times that I can finish three or four articles in 3 hours with 500 - 600 words in it, especially if I am required to write articles which I am not yet familiar with the subject in it. I had to read some articles about it before I could make my own. For the niche or topics that I am very familiar with, I can deliver and finish the article in less than an hour.

But I could not say that I can finish an article with specific time along with the number of words in it. It really depends on the niche and the familiarity of the topic and of course, the content or the quality of the article. It does not really say that the faster you finish your article, the better it is. People should not think that submitting an article is based on how fast they could finish and the length of the article.

Personally, really depends on the writer since some writers are capable of finishing an article in 10 minutes or less, and some will take them the whole 24 hours to finish an article. The most important part to this is the content and the quality of the article, since people doesn't appreciate or looked into an article because of its length or speed, but the content in it.

I type at 65 words per minute but I can't write an article in 5 minutes. A niche site article might take me half a day! A decent article for my site might take an hour or two. I am so slooooooow at writing niche articles that it is actually cheaper, easier and less painful for me to outsource the lot to my excellent writer.

I type with two fingers, so everything I do takes a long time.

I'm sure a lot of the fellow warriors here are great writers.

I'm a noob to article writing and my speed depends on the topic to write.

For a blog article, it typically takes me about 30-60 minutes for something that is quality. I generally don't write about topics I'm unfamiliar with, so that cuts research time down. Not saying I don't research, I just choose to write about the stuff I deal with and learn on a day-to-day basis (SEO, social media, conversion optimization, etc).

yes, it all depends.
if it is high quality content, it will cost much money than lower quality.
and about number also, articles used in site page, blog, forum, etc, they all different with each other.

I will need not less than 15 mins for an article. The article must be very informative and readable.

If I'm writing for a client, it's as long as it takes to get the best possible result. If I'm writing for my own sites, then it's about an hour.