Book
An Autobiography
Anthony Trollope, Project Gutenberg (ebook 5978, from the 1883 text), 1883
Read the originalRead on October 16, 2026
- What it is
- The novelist Anthony Trollope's own account of his life and working habits, published after his death. It describes his practice of writing 250 words in every quarter of an hour, with his watch in front of him.
- How much weight it carries
- A primary source written by the author about his own habits. It is a self-report, not a measurement, and the author says he had grown more lenient with himself over time.
Facts taken from this source
- 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.
“require from myself 250 words every quarter of an hour” (Passage on writing with his watch before him)