6 Hours a Day, 7 Days a Week

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We’ve mentioned the size of Rumpus Book Club pick The Instructions a few times.

But how long did it take author Adam Levin to write the behemoth book? “I worked on average six hours a day, seven days a week [...] I took one week of vacation a year.” And how long did he keep that grueling schedule? Oh, only a measly nine years.

Update: Levin discusses why he decided to write such a lengthy novel here.

Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and been given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. He has also written for The Bold Italic, McSweeney's, Mother Jones, and The San Francisco Chronicle. He is a co-owner of The Rumpus. Follow him on Twitter. More from this author →