About half of them replied, among them Jack Kerouac ("Symbolism is alright in 'fiction' but I tell true life stories"), Ayn Rand, in irascible character ("your questions do not make sense"), and an only slightly more polite John Updike ("I have no method; there is no method in writing fiction: you don't seem to understand").
In "The Philosophy of Composition", an essay in which Poe describes his method in writing "The Raven", he claims to have strictly followed this method.
SG supervised the project, and participated in designing the entropy-based character trimming method and in writing the manuscript.
BR participated in the validation of the methods and helped in writing the manuscript.
ND read radiology, advised on methods and assisted in writing and reviewing the manuscript.
PZ provided valuable comments on research design and methods, and involved in writing.
One method I used in writing my memoir, Barracuda in the Attic, was that I tried to recall specific things such as smells, objects, phrases which evoked strong memories from my past.
KFN designed the isobutanol analysis method and participated in writing the corresponding parts of the manuscript.
The study protocol, including the MR imaging jelly method, was explained in writing to patients, who also provided informed consent for their imaging data and operative findings to be used for the study.
