Unholy Moley! Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 I just finished a 3,100 word essay (seven page) that spanned over two days. The ones that take longer are the ones that I have to research. The longest I ever had to write was a ten page essay, but it took about the same amount of time because little research was involved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonComet Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 I've graduated, but as an english major my average essay length was 2,800-3,200 words. My longest essays that I had to write were 4,300-4,500. I usually wrote everything in one night because I procrastinated a lot. I would usually be in bed by 2am, and would start to write at about 7:30-8pm (would get off work at 6:30, eat dinner, and then start figuring out what the heck I was writing). I pulled 4-7 allnighters in college. 3 of them were in a row (people started commenting that I looked like I was on the verge of death, lol). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee G. Veteran Posted December 11, 2006 Veteran Share Posted December 11, 2006 2,500 words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Allen Veteran Posted December 11, 2006 Veteran Share Posted December 11, 2006 14 pages + title page and references in proper APA formatting in one evening. 93%. Awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmahmood Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 22 pages... in 1 and 1/2 hours in a Exam on Computer and its social Impact... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Napster Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 I can regularly do 5k words in a night when im on a roll or having a moment of inspiration. I touch type at 75wpm with 98% accuracy so as long as I have the momentum and the inspiration, the quantity really isnt an issue, its concentrating on the quality that is important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Starting at 4pm, and I finished around 7am: 25k words! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Napster Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 wow thats impressive - I figure that if I type constantly for 6 hours at 75wpm not stopping or not having any errors for 6 hours then ill get 27k words - and get into the guinness book of records lmao. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 Yeah, actually, looking at the maths of it and knowing my WPM, it doesn't seem to tally - but I know it's right. I hate things like that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalguy90 Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 the longest in one night, I would have to say about 20+ pages. It was a paper on eCommerce. the longest paper i have ever written would be approx. 100+ pages on a Internet Business plan. These were done in University. From high school, I cant remember exactly, but i dont think I have ever wrote anything more than 20 pages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dreamz Veteran Posted December 11, 2006 Veteran Share Posted December 11, 2006 15 pages, single-spaced, done in a few hours (i don't do all-nighters). a+. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted December 11, 2006 Veteran Share Posted December 11, 2006 a 16 page fiction story :p only took me a few hours, got an A+ though, english was one of the few subjects i kept getting good grades in, heh :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorimcheon Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 600 word essay in 6 hours. Got A- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xxdesmus Posted December 11, 2006 Share Posted December 11, 2006 In 12th grade I wrote a 24 page (roughly 6,000 word) essay on hacking the night before it was due. It wasn't really all that bad, I started around 9pm and finished some where close to 3am. I think I even got an A or an A- on it. :yes: In college, I wrote a 20 pager on MDMA the night before (Y). (Don't ever use MDMA by the way :pinch:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddcrap Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Hmm, this year wrote a 35 page SWOT analysis (if your doing business you know what I'm talking about) on Apple computers in 3 days, also wrote a 60 page business plan for a luncheon I had to organize in about 4 days I believe... Think 60 page was as much as I have ever wrote give or take, but have written quite a few this year...:/ Great.. :( And I want to major in business :(:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 i've been doing my papers the night before since the 7th grade.. in my high school and college years of English i've always done 3 - 5 full pages the night before. the longest was a 30 page research paper i did on neuro surgery in the 11th grade the night before, including two personal interviews :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mldkfa Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Most people here don't seem to be REAL procrastinators. I myself have graduated from University and usually did my papers the night before they were due. Each semester I would have 2 essays that had to be 15-20pages with 30+ sources in the same week. I would start one the night before it was due and during the breaks, do the research for the other paper. My last year I had my 30 page senior Thesis due on Monday and I started it on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shof Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 nice bump mldkfa topic is atleast 1 year old and you had to bump it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sundayx Veteran Posted December 9, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 9, 2007 well i did 3 papers last week, two due last tuesday and one on last thursday, and in the week span (more like 4 days) i managed to churn out a 2100 word paper, 3700 word paper and another 1700 word paper.... thats like 7500.... damn, shouldve started way earlier, but the mind tells me not to and I thought I had a bad year this year, last week I managed to match this feat, 2 3000 words and a 1500. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PL_ Veteran Posted December 9, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 9, 2007 I haven't written any majorly long essays, longest in one night was probably 1500 words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batbeef Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 1700 words in 2 hours. It was a writing assessment that had to be proctored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GNRambo Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 Our high school english program was amazing. And by amazing I mean ridiculous. We had to write a 35 page term paper on a poem. :| I wrote it in three days and managed to get an A+. We had to have 100 sources. Obviously, I had gotten those sources prior to those three days. Oh wow :| I thought that my English was bad, but thats nothing compared to you. I had to do a 10 page screenplay this year, then write 2 essays analyzing it. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mldkfa Posted December 9, 2007 Share Posted December 9, 2007 nice bump mldkfatopic is atleast 1 year old and you had to bump it? Err right. Have to look at year, not just month. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SkyyPunk Veteran Posted December 9, 2007 Veteran Share Posted December 9, 2007 10,000 word essay, one night... basically, i ran a stop sign i didnt see, fought it (admit with reason) because i had a perfect record to that point, judge had me write a 10k word essay on 'the hazards of driving' :p I am pretty sure they didnt read it, as i blamed police cars (especially when pulling someone over!) and billboards etc etc for causing problems on the road lol...this was...almost 6yrs ago Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
celestialspring Posted December 10, 2007 Share Posted December 10, 2007 Well. I wrote 2700 words last night....my eyes are still blurry and watery.... a few weeks back I wrote 6000 words in one day....scary.... the first one was an essay, the second a report.... and **** happens! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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