I've been reading posts and articles about people who claim to write 20+ pages a day of quality work. I won't deny the plausibility of such admissions. It's just that if someone asked me to write a paper on anything biology/neuroscience related, my fields of specialty, I would be able to produce a 10-15 pg. paper for them within 24 hours. It would be hard, but compensation of 15-20 bucks a page would be more than commensurate with my effort. I can't do two term papers in a day. But I can do one really well.

I guess my question is, how did you independent writers begin? And how quickly did you get better?