What unusual writing position did Ernest Hemingway sometimes use?
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Writing while hanging upside down
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Standing up at a typewriter
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Sitting inside a closet
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Lying beneath his desk
What strange object did Victor Hugo reportedly use to force himself to stay home and write?
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Sealed his windows with wax
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Chained his desk to the floor
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Locked away his clothes
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Gave his shoes to a servant
How did Agatha Christie reportedly come up with many of her mystery ideas?
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Watching silent films
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Climbing mountains
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Taking long baths and eating apples
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Solving mathematical equations
What unusual writing habit did Friedrich Schiller reportedly have?
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Wrote on the walls of his bedroom
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Wrote only during thunderstorms
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Wore gloves filled with sand
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Kept rotten apples in his desk drawer
Which author reportedly wrote while soaking in a bathtub?
George Orwell
Truman Capote
Charles Dickens
J. R. R. Tolkien
What unusual ritual did Maya Angelou follow when writing?
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Wrote only in a crowded restaurants
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Dictated every sentence while walking backward
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Rented a plain hotel room to work in
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Wrote with all the lights turned off
What did Marcel Proust famously use to help keep his bedroom quite while writing?
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Hanging carpets over every doorway
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Glass soundproof dome
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Cork-lined walls
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Thick sheets of copper
What unusual routine did Haruki Murakami follow while working on a novel?
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Changed his handwriting every hour
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Wrote exclusively while riding trains
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Woke up early, work for several hours, and run or swam
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Stayed awake for three consecutive nights
What strange writing preference was associated with Truman Capote?
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Wrote only on yellow paper
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Wrote every novel standing on one foot
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Called himself a "horizontal writer" because he wrote lying down
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Composed stories while blindfolded
What unusual item did Lord Byron famously keep as a pet during his university years?
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Wolf🐺
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Bear🐻
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Fox🦊
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Fish🐠
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Dog🐶
