Fact · Typing and writing speed
2,000words per day
A list of writers' daily targets gives Stephen King's daily target as 2,000 words.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“Stephen King: 2,000 words a day”
Word counts: how many words famous writers wrote a day, The Novelry, The Novelry, n.d., Daily word targets list.
Open the original- What it measures
- The list is a blog compilation of the working habits of established writers, collected from interviews and memoirs.
- What it does not show
- A target as the author reported it, not a measured average. It describes one writer's habit.