Estimate how many hours editing a piece of writing takes.
Light editing may cover a few thousand words an hour while deep line editing is far slower, so the chosen speed drives the total. Dividing by an eight-hour workday gives a calendar sense. Vague editing promises routinely blow deadlines, so translating a word count into hours makes a realistic schedule negotiable.
Editing Time
Editing hours = words / editing speed
Editing hours = words / editing speed Light editing may cover a few thousand words an hour while deep line editing is far slower, so the chosen speed drives the total. Dividing by an eight-hour workday gives a calendar sense.
Vague editing promises routinely blow deadlines, so translating a word count into hours makes a realistic schedule negotiable.
This calculator takes 2 inputs: Word count, Editing speed. The pre-filled defaults are a realistic starting point — replace them with figures from your own environment for a result you can act on.