He hadn't even managed to finish the novel when he read it in high school.
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It takes me about nine months to finish a novel, and another year for it to be published.
Times, Sunday Times
Finding herself unable to finish a novel, she decided to take a playwriting class.
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She was never sure, however, if she would finish her novel or if it would be published.
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It took her ten years to finish the novel.
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