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The site seems to have been hugged to death, so in the mean time this article may be of interest to you: https://www.openculture.com/2017/06/hunter-s-thompson-

by ljf 4y ago

The site seems to have been hugged to death, so in the mean time this article may be of interest to you: https://www.openculture.com/2017/06/hunter-s-thompson-typed-out-the-great-gatsby-farewell-to-arms.html https://www.openculture.com/2017/06/hunter-s-thompson-typed-... Hunter S. Thompson Typed Out The Great Gatsby & A Farewell to Arms Word for Word: A Method for Learning How to Write Like the Masters

mylons 4y ago
as well as heart of darkness. he did it more than once. the quote/paraphrase attributed to Hunter on this that I love is, "I wanted to know what it felt like to write something good." edit: I was oddly talking about this today to my partner. I've honestly never heard of anyone doing it outside of Hunter.. but that might just be because Hunter mentioned it in such a cool way.