How long does it take to read Techniques of the Selling Writer?
Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain takes about 6 hours 3 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 6 hours 3 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1974. 330 pages, about 90,750 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 5 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 6 hours 3 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 3 hours 47 minutes |
The page count is the median across 3 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
Subjects: Authorship, Fiction, Handbooks, manuals
