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Wanting to meet a writer because you like their books is like wanting to meet a duck because you like pate. Margaret Atwood, Canadian author Look at the highlighted words and phirase the eext and rry to figure out their meaning. rers and their writing styles. ‘Then use them to complete the sentences. 1 READING @ Read the article about nt Wi Which one af them only worksin the morning? astral Breponcse author flacuks wurakex 1 My sewing acing a worn. ad bb Read the article aguin and match each writer (A-D)t0 ase tomend my skirt by aioe Who says / said that. 2 gay py posh uganda hime es pecans G5 Iwas solate Loniy had eimeto a0 > he/she has days when they da noe write anything? 16)” gyenieand nanomerhedstc 3 he/she writesaminimum number of pagesevery day? Dg The paychologise gave her some constructive Ws sient teycan coscenrrare hosts whet they ciated? A. adit on how oo deal with ber teenage sn. 5 Hefinds edit sy arhpme bese aherearetwornny_ HEFERET GAS 6 She'sina very confused STAC Of mind yo How do writers write? she doesn't know whether to stay oF 40 All waiters have their own particular ways of getting words down — 2 favorite pen, a special olace, even a certain time of day, Four famous writers reveal their secrets. 7 Michael Morpurgo Suzanne Collins Haruki Murakami Philip Pullman Brea children’s outhor ‘mercan serenventer ard Tanonese author ond varslator itch author Thad problems some years ago = ‘When I'm in che process of | sit down to write by hand, in congstsceskbecausel got —‘|ggabvomeceresl ands down wrtinga novel getup a 400 ballpoint on A rarow lined passin wrist andshouder, wworkasso0n as posible 2un. and work for ve ti paper after breakfast and work Scidecdee scopy my wring Themore distractions} haveto fours Intheafternoon un __—raugh lunch with a break FeoRoverc ous Stevenson deal with beorel actually begin. fori or swim for 1 mie (or__for coffe and reading mai ineead and found his way veting.thebarderfocusingon the do both; chen read aitand Then havelunch and watch seovked. Now, when havea sorybecores Then workunc steno some music| goto bed Neighbour invaluable) Inthe Goyinmyneadigoco bed wich mappedour:usualysometime 00 pm-Ikeepta vs outine _altemoon lead or ake the Seratnotescok ikethe one inthecatyafternoon flacualy every daywithout variation The cog ora walk or do something children are given in elementary write three to five hours, chats a repetition itself becomes the physically constructive. in the SRociiecGilieup.ikeep my productheday.Some dayralli do imgortare thing ita form of ___eveing fnsh che tree pages, encscrpesin therefrigeracor —‘iewareatz¥ewal. Thaccarbe —hypnotirnandiehelps me reach whichis my daly cas, orf atin ease the house burns productne. ton youre wrung 2 deeper sate of min finided dem nthe moring. ia fut character ard pot problems. Ido whatever jouralsm or She rest ofthe tm, walk around reviewing or lecture planning! wih he sory sippingia and out haven hard of my troughs * Neignburs~an Ausra seap pect “repped cu = tne exhauced ga

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