In the previous post, I described where Guillermo del Toro writes: his man cave. Today we discover that Gay Talese has a "bunker." It's described in New York magazine as "a plush cave [that word again] under the streets of Manhattan...
"There is no phone, no e-mail, no view, no sound. Along the walls there are shelves filled with brown box files that Talese has covered in collage."
The boxes contain his notes, photos, and other reference material for each of his projects incuding his best-known book, "They Neighor's Wife." They are all color-coded and carefully labeled.
Another interesting note about how he works: "He spends years reducing his research until at long last it all fits on a single piece of shirt board. And then he draws it. And then he starts writing."
(There's a chapter in my book, Your Writing Coach, about setting up a writing space that works best for you. You can get the book from Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other online and offline retailers.)
