Tips for writers
As an author, later in the day, I let my hair down. Afternoons are my dreaming time. This bustier set is super-comfy. I wear it when I'm brainstorming. Coffee in the morning. Mint tea in the afternoon. Around 5pm, I switch to champagne. pic.twitter.com/UEW2MRs61u
— Jane Harris (@blablafishcakes) April 11, 2018
Also, of course, I write sitting on the floor, using an ancient manual typewriter. Doesn’t everyone?
To be fair, I'm not sure all of Twitter has enough irony to entirely appreciate these tweets.
— Jane Harris (@blablafishcakes) April 11, 2018
As an author, screenwriting is another feather in my career. I tend to have a swim in the early evening, then head to my screening room where I view rushes of my latest film, while editing my current script. #BeAmazing #imaniceperson #lovemyjob pic.twitter.com/lJ2ORwRAuk
— Jane Harris (@blablafishcakes) April 11, 2018
I find it most comfortable to write on a broken old typewriter at an angle that plays havoc with my sciatica, wearing only some pretend glasses, a pair of white cotton gloves and a really tight minidress. pic.twitter.com/9XdaTv02et
— Lucy Strange (@theLucyStrange) April 11, 2018
As an author, I find I write best when communing with nature in the grounds of my country mansion. I work leaning on my elbows, because the pain helps me focus and empathise with my characters' sufferings. pic.twitter.com/DXjGbbj0IS
— Frances Owen (@ARebelHand) April 11, 2018
“I view rushes of my latest film, while editing my current script.”
Were I to do that sort of thing I’d probably start transcribing dialogue from the rushes and turn my current script into leftovers of a dog’s breakfast.
If I had a latest film.
Or a current script.
Also, my bustier doesn’t fit anymore. Too much chocolate. Bummer.
Gawd, that thread is great. The guys get in on it, too.
Actually, I like to write hanging upside down from the rafters with a giant weight tied to my feet. And I always use a yellow legal pad with black pen, because it is impossible to write any other way. And being upside down gives me that rush of oxygenated blood to the head that is essential for creating unique characters and plots.
“I like to write hanging upside down from the rafters with a giant weight tied to my feet. ”
That’s exactly how Leonardo Davinci wrote! Backwards, too. It was a training method for that ornithopter/glider thing, but then he decided some other poor bastard should actually fly it.This was before he’d actually invented yellow legal pads, though.
Backwards AND IN HIGH HEELS.
Do keep scrolling, there’s a lot of it.
#3, when hanging upside down from rafters, what function do the weights fill being tied to your feet?
But the funniest bit was, to me, using a pen AND an old manual typewriter on an old fashioned bound notebook. Almost like decorating a layer cake with the typewriter.
(Gotta go get the hang of those rafters, brb!)