Learning from the great: 5 good habits writers of genius

The hardest part of writing the work - this is the beginning. With what words to begin, how to interest the readers from the first lines could not tear myself away from the book, article, report? How it has really turned out great writers to create literary masterpieces? Ernest Hemingway, Nabokov, Truman Capote and Steven King - each of them has its own methods of working with the pen. Perhaps you will find for yourself something interesting, a "golden key" to the words.

1. Stephen King

Stephen King He writes 10 pages every day without a lunch break, and regardless of the day of the week. Even holidays are not for him an exception. It really is a lot of text. The result of this work the system - a huge number of books. Perhaps not everyone likes Stephen King style, but I personally think some of his books are just brilliant, not to mention the films made on these books! "The Green Mile," "The Shawshank Redemption", "Confrontation" - the list goes on and on.

2. Ernest Hemingway

Unlike Stephen King

3. Vladimir Nabokov

The author of "Lolita" loved to create standing and wrote down his thoughts on the cards. This system allowed him to record a scene out of a particular sequence, and then rebuild as your heart desires. His novel "Hell" took more than 2000 cards.

4. Truman Capote

Author of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" claimed that he is completely "horizontal author." He said that he wrote while lying in bed in the bedroom or on the sofa in the living room with a cigarette or a cup of coffee. Then, with a smooth transition to coffee tea, with tea - in the sherry, sherry - Martin, and so on until the end of the day. The first drafts of all his creations, he wrote in pencil, for the third draft of Capote used a typewriter, but also worked in bed with this same machine on your lap.

5. Philip Roth

Author of "The Plot Against America" ​​like to work standing up and going around in circles. He argued that for writing each page took about half a mile. Writer separate personal life from work - Philip never wrote, where he lived, and specially built his studio away from home.