I know writing isn’t perceived to be the most macho profession around. Sure, there have been writers with a propensity for guns and fighting and similar blokey pursuits – think Hemingway, Burroughs, Mailer, Hunter Thompson – but this usually took place separately from the actual process of wordsmithery; sometimes, indeed, the violence appeared to be a form of compensation for the fey inactivity of the authorial mode.
So I had to flag this one up: West Wing/Social Network scribe Aaron Sorkin has managed to break his own nose while working on a script. You have been warned.
I once chipped a fingernail, typing too hard.
ReplyDeleteA little too close to the grindstone, perhaps?
ReplyDeleteI once jammed my foot in my mouth commenting on Dave's blog.
ReplyDeleteI headbutt myself regularly while struggling with writer's block. It's never accidental though.
ReplyDeleteYou animal, Dave.
ReplyDeleteAnd his shoulder to the wheel, Martin. Gave him a nasty hernia.
Rog: If you hadn't, Dave would have been quite justified in jamming it for you.
Does it affect the whooshing sound, Rol?