Writing Facts

Rudyard Kipling refused to write with anything other than black ink.

Leonardo da Vinci wrote most of his personal notes in mirror writing—reversed text readable only when held up to a mirror. As a left-hander, this likely prevented ink smudging as his hand moved across the page.

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a novel, "Gadsby", which contains over 50,000 words -- none of them with the letter E!

Ernest Vincent Wright wrote a 50,000 word book titled 'Gadsby' which did not use the letter "e".

Author J K Rowling wrote the final chapter of the last Harry Potter book in "something like 1990", seven years before the release of the first book.