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1,000words per hour

At his stated target of 250 words per quarter hour, Trollope's pace works out to 1,000 words per hour.

Checked against its source on October 16, 2026

What it measures: Trollope's own stated writing target, converted from a quarter hour to an hour. It is a target the author set, not a count of words he produced.
How it is calculated: 250 words x 4 quarter hours = 1,000 words per hour

Calculated from

Anthony Trollope said his custom was to write with his watch before him and to require 250 words from himself in every quarter of an hour.

Used to calculate

Trollope's target of 1,000 words per hour is about 16.7 words per minute of writing time, a little above the 8 to 15 words per minute reported for composing with speech software.

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Trollope's target works out to 1,000 words per hour | Yap