Fact · Typing and writing speed
1,400 to 1,500words per day
In a 2012 interview, the novelist Sebastian Faulks said that his daily output usually settles between 1,400 and 1,500 words.
Checked against its source on October 16, 2026
In the source's own words
“usually settles at between 1,400 and 1,500”
Sebastian Faulks on his daily word count (The Spectator, 4 October 2012), The Spectator, 2012, Interview text on daily word count.
Open the original- What it measures
- Faulks said that he never writes fewer than 1,000 words a day and sometimes reaches 2,000.
- What it does not show
- One author's own account, reported in a magazine. It shows a working habit, not an average for professional writers.