How long should it take a person to write a 7-page research paper?

Question

How long does it usually take you?

Answer 1

I like to take a couple of days to write 3-4 pages. I then like to edit/rewrite another day and finally think/proof the report on another day. If you allow yourself a week to do it, you will get a good grade because you have the luxury of reflection. Rush papers have the look and read of a single train of thought that a deliberative writing doesn't. Good luck!

Answer 2

Depends on the subject and the amount of research needed. With just writing a paper and having all the sources at hand, I could bang out a decent paper in about 10-12 hours. Research takes up a lot of the time when doing a paper.

Answer 3

Depends on if you are a perfectionist or not. The research is the toughest. I would do this way before hand and expect to spend about 2 or more hours on this. I managed to write an A+ research paper in a night (it was about 8 to 9 hours). But how long it takes depends on how many sources you have, if and how you are citing them, the subject (I mean, of course you will take longer on something you are not interested in) and how much of a perfectionist you are.

Answer 4

A lot of things matter here. How many sources does it have to be? Is this course a major course that I really care about or something like a humanities that no one expects that much from?

Roughly I'd spend most of a w/e on it. Probably 5-6 hours researching and 5-6 hours typing. I wouldn't wait til the last minute b/c frequently multi-source papers--I had to order texts from other colleges. Hopefully you've left yourself enough time to put the paper down for a few hours before you proof read. That way your eyes are fresh and you can pick up on things you didn't before.

Answer 5

Depends on how big you write!