How long does it take you to write a high quality article?

[~kev~]

This also depends on what "your" definition of a high quality article is.

A high quality article for my main blog might take 6 - 10 hours to make. Maybe even 24 - 48 hours. If we are talking about a multipart article, maybe 48 - 72+ hours. This includes drive time to the video location. Taking pictures, filming the video, the drive back home, editing the pictures and videos.

I consider a "high quality article" one that uses text, images and a video. And since I make all of my own content, its takes longer.

[Monkeyman09]

Since mine is news related, then about an hour.

[davidannis]

Anything from 1 to 4 hours. Entries on my political blog take longer than on my M&A and valuation blog, since I use things that happen in the course of business for the M&A blog and so don't spend as much time doing research or thinking about what to include. I enjoy the political blog more, but if you are looking for the ability to post quickly I'd suggest choosing a topic that relates to your job or life more directly.

[Nathan]

Some of my book reviews take days to write, especially if they are on a long classic book that requires critical analysis.

You can't expect to whip out a high quality article really fast. It takes time.

[Maya]

Probably 2-5 hours per article is a reasonable estimate.

[MindTweaks]

If I'm working on really solid original and witty content with formatting, research, links, and graphics? 6-12 hours maybe. It can be very time consuming. I always marvel at bloggers who claim it takes them 15 minutes to make post! It takes me longer than that to write a good title

[trailofpen]

Prose wise, I would say maybe 3 hours from conception to finish. If we are talking content wise, it could take a day, or a few days just to look up and verify sources and material.

[Monkeyman09]

Everyone is different, some think slower, some think faster, some criticize more then others. If you want practice, maybe you could try to time yourself on writing a better article. Only allow yourself a certain amount of time to write it.

[screationz]

For me, anywhere from 30 minutes to 2 hours. It use to make a lot longer when I started out.

[QuirkyJessi]

I really don't even know any more. It's hard to judge because it's been a while since I've written anything I would consider "high quality" and when I was doing that before...sometimes it'd be broken up over several days with many interruptions, etc.