How long does it take to read On Writing Short Stories?
Francine Prose, Tom Bailey, Joyce Carol Oates, Frank Conroy, André Dubus, C. Michael Curtis, Robert Coles
On Writing Short Stories by Francine Prose, Tom Bailey, Joyce Carol Oates, Frank Conroy, André Dubus, C. Michael Curtis, Robert Coles takes about 6 hours 5 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 5 minutes
A weekend read
First published 2000. 332 pages, about 91,300 words.
13 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 10 hours 9 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 5 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 48 minutes |
The page count is the median across 1 edition, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A book of essays on writing by writers. Essay titles: - What makes a short story? - Reading as a Writer: The Artist as Craftsman - Character, Plot, Setting and Time, Metaphor and Voice - The Writer's Workshop - The Habit of Writing - Why Write? Taking on the World - Publishers and Publishing
Subjects: Technique, how to write, Short story, fiction technique, fiction authorship, Authorship
