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One technological breakthrough left the common pencil in the dust.

While it was author J.K. Rowling who ultimately suggested the alternative title, she still regrets the decision.

1. Margaret Mitchell wrote the book out of boredom.

From Gore Vidal to Quentin Tarantino, even the most successful scribes aren't always impressed with their own movies.

In honor of the author's birthday, here are 15 facts about the actual man behind the curtain.

... and your other burning, pencil-related questions answered.

The one space-versus-two space debate rages on.

His contributions to philosophy are immense, even though he never seemed to fully agree with himself.

It helps you transcribe audio faster, letting you get back to more important things. Like Netflix.

You know him best as the author of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.' But one writer suspected him of being Jack the Ripper.

Learn more about legendary author F. Scott Fitzgerald through some of his most famous quotes on love, literature, and happiness.

The elusive art of poetry isn’t so hard to master if you know how to set the stage.

“I don’t love you, not at all; on the contrary I detest you—you’re a naughty, gawky, foolish slut.”

For decades, the only way to read Vita Sackville-West's 'A Note of Explanation' was by really, really squinting.

The famed French novelist, who was born on this day in 1802, installed peepholes in his guest bedrooms.

Not all stationery needs to be practical.

With flowing prose and a courageous pen, Virginia Woolf wasn't afraid to dissect any topic, whether it was the idiocy of warfare or the joys of sex.

Shortly before her death, the author sent her 8-year-old niece a New Year's greeting—written entirely backwards.

It's just as convenient as writing on your hand.

"I maintain that one strong cup of tea is better than twenty weak ones."

These lost literary works were rediscovered in private collections, archives, and in one case, an attic.

Snack on that!

Nueva Qwerty makes language a little simpler.

"Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality," 'The Handmaid's Tale' author Margaret Atwood said. "I'm a realist."