• The Fiction Writing Blog: Articles, Writing Exercises, Prompts and More....: Wednesday, November 10, 2004

    Wednesday, November 10, 2004

    What to wear while writing...


    A writing friend sent me this description of what the Russian writer Gogol wore while writing. It might be just the thing to get the creative juices flowing each day!

    “Before me stood Gogol in the following fantastic get-up: in place of boots—long Russian woolen stockings, which reached above the knee; instead of a jacket—a velvet spencer [short, double-breasted overcoat] over a flannel camisole, with a large, bright-colored scarf wrapped around his neck and a raspberry-colored, velvet kokoshnik, embroidered in gold, on his head, quite similar to the headdress of Finnish tribeswoman.”