Vincent Dellay asked David Wong:

Just curious... how long was it from the time you came up with the idea for WTHDIJR until the book was actually released? Some authors like Stephen King pump them out pretty quickly while others like George R. R. Martin take considerably longer (both are brilliant... I'm not cutting anyone down with that comment :)) The book is brilliant, by the way!

David Wong Under that book deal I allotted myself two years to write each book, Suits and JDATE 3, in both cases I had some notes in advance, broad things about characters, moments, jokes, etc. In JDATE 3 the idea for the "monster" they would go up against goes back years. But actually sitting down and putting it together, two years. And that's with a full time job that takes up 60-plus hours a week. But every author is different, these books aren't nearly as complex as what GRRM writes, for instance, and complexity adds time because every plot decision impacts a bunch of other threads that have to be adjusted.

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