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proof that Dan Brown is a bit batty
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Cathf
 24 Apr 2006, 13:29 #7183 Reply To Post
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Brown said he often uses a pair of gravity boots during writing, finding it easier to work out difficult plot points while dangling upside down.


http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4937754.stm


I've never tried that technique, I have to say. I suspect it would be hell on the acid indegestion.

Often I find working out tricky plot points easier if I'm wandering around with a food in my hand and moshing to Aerosmith rather than sitting at a computer like a proper writer would though. Anyone else got any unusal tenchniques for writing?

(Apologies for the terrible pun in the title, btw )
This post was last edited by Cathf, 24 Apr 2006, 13:30
Assignment Robot
 24 Apr 2006, 14:09 #7184 Reply To Post
Re Gravity Boots, they say the blood rushes to your head which helps boost brainpower. You can only write in short bursts though as you pass out every 3 minutes.

It's also difficult if you keep dropping your pen - unless you also have your magnetic gloves on at the same time.

Aside: "Are you sure that's science fact, help dog?"

US author Dan Brown has said it is not up to him to address the controversies surrounding his best-selling novel The Da Vinci Code.

In a rare public appearance, he said that people should "let the biblical scholars and historians battle it out".

"It's a book about big ideas, you can love them or hate them," he told a sold-out audience of writers in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

"But we're all talking about them, and that's really the point."

Sunday's talk, presented by New Hampshire Public Radio and the Music Hall of Portsmouth, was billed as the author's only public appearance before next month's release of the film version of The Da Vinci Code.

During the event Brown said he often uses a pair of gravity boots during writing, finding it easier to work out difficult plot points while dangling upside down.

The audience also learned the former English teacher wants to return to the classroom and that he rarely reads work he has completed.
Cathf
 24 Apr 2006, 19:20 #7211 Reply To Post
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It's also difficult if you keep dropping your pen - unless you also have your magnetic gloves on at the same time.


Then, if you do that, you want to make sure the paper clip box isn't too close.
Tiptree
 25 Apr 2006, 11:11 #7265 Reply To Post
The Music Hall of Portsmouth. Do they get all the top billing authors??
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