How long does it take you to write a 5 page or 10 page paper? Can you write one in a single night?

Just curious, because I feel like I take a long time to write papers. Say it's for a literature or humanities course, and you're writing on stuff you already read and discussed in class - how long would it usually take you to write a 5 page paper? 10 pages? Could you do either one in a single night?

I was a Psych Major and got my Masters degree in Training and Development, and over time got a lot better at writing papers. I would say that the more scientific the sources for paper had to be (for example, psych research journals), and the more citations needed, the longer the paper would take, so a 5 page paper could take me anywhere from 2-5 hours to write. A 5 page book review might only take 1.5 hours if I'd taken good notes while reading the book.
10 page papers tended to take a little more time on average, because I had more information, sources, and topics to keep track of, so it might take up to an hour per page, plus a little extra revision time. As a general rule, the longer the paper, the more time it took me to write each page and revise it, because it took more effort to maintain a flow of information and style throughout.

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