Here are a few fascinatingly weird habits writers use to write better:

1. Lie down

Mark Twain, George Orwell, Edith Wharton, and Marcel Proust all did this.

Truman Capote claimed to be a “completely horizontal author” because he couldn’t write unless he was lying down.

2. Act out dialogues

West Wing creator Aaron Sorkin acts out his stories’ dialogues (often in front of a mirror) to see how they flow and sound out loud.

3. Stand up

Hemingway, Charles Dickens, Virginia Woolf, Lewis Carroll, and Philip Roth all wrote standing (and this was well before all the fancy standing desks we have today.)

4. Write in the bathtub

Benjamin Franklin and Dalton Trumbo both famously wrote while soaking. Agatha Christie also created her plots in a large Victorian bathtub (often while munching on apples.)

5. In the car

Gertrude Stein liked to write in the driver’s seat of her Model T Ford. Stein was quoted saying she was “particularly inspired by the traffic on busy Parisian streets."

6. In a hotel room

Maya Angelou liked to get a hotel room and pay for it by the month. She had all the paintings and any decoration taken out and allowed no staff to enter, “Just in case I’ve thrown a piece of paper on the floor; I don’t want it discarded.”

The point is: You don't have to stay rooted to your usual writing space.

Mix things up.

Try a new space and see what it does for your brain, your imagination, and your productivity.