GEORGE RR MARTIN ASKS STEPHEN KING: “HOW DO YOU WRITE SO FAST?!” – Video Activity

 

GEORGE RR MARTIN ASKS STEPHEN KING: “HOW DO YOU WRITE SO FAST?!”

 

1. George RR Martin observes that while he himself writes _____________________ in six months, Stephen King has written _____________________.
2. Stephen King tries to write _____________________.
3. That why he can write 360 pages in _____________________.
4. George RR Martin asks Stephen King if he sometimes thinks he should have been a(n) _____________________ rather than a writer.
5. Stephen King says that sometimes _____________________ intervenes when he is trying to write.
6. Stephen King once did a(n) _____________________ event at Radio City Music Hall together with John Irving and J.K. Rowling.
7. Stephen King does not know whether being on the New York Times Best Seller List is sometimes _____________________ or not.
8. He adds that on that occasion J.K. Rowling was under _____________________ to finish the book she was writing.
9. In those days she was trying to _____________________ with her children and finish the last _____________________ of her seventh Harry Potter book.
10. On that occasion, during the sound check at this venue, she was dressed like an ordinary __________________, wearing a shell top[1], pants, Loafers[2], and her hair was tied back in __________________.

 

[1] Shell top: a sleeveless blouse.

[2] Loafers: Moccasinlike shoes. (Trademark)

 

KEY

 

1. THREE CHAPTERS – THREE BOOKS
2. SIX PAGES A DAY
3. TWO MONTHS
4. PLUMBER
5. ENTROPY / REAL LIFE
6. CHARITY
7. DESERVED
8. PRESSURE
9. DO A VACATION – 5 OR 6 CHAPTERS
10. HOUSEWIFE / MOTHER – HORSE TAILS

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