Devil in the Words. Книга для практики английского языка

The hardest part was dragging out the moments when it was necessary toВ describe on two pages how the main character cooks scrambled eggs and pours coffee.

Without going into details, each day could be fit into two paragraphs, simply byВ briefly writing that the main character poured coffee, cooked scrambled eggs, had breakfast, and went toВ write aВ book. But the publishers wanted at least eight author sheets, and for this, it was necessary toВ write at least three thousand words inВ each chapter.

Peter was clearly tired ofВ working on the book he had inВ mind, because it was incredibly boring, at least for him. He was used toВ watching films where the plot develops quickly and energetically, where the heroes constantly get into some kind ofВ trouble and are forced toВ fight monsters, but what happened here? Computer, social network, kitchen, coffee. Four components from which it was necessary toВ assemble aВ whole book. The publisher simply had toВ recognize Peter as aВ genius.

Well, who else can write aВ book ofВ more than two hundred pages, where the main character constantly drinks coffee and sits on the computer? It was boring beyond belief. The main thing is that this boredom does not scare away readers, because Peter wrote not inВ order toВ write aВ book, but inВ order toВ earn money.

Peter sat over the fourth chapter until the evening.

Mother returned from work and was preparing dinner inВ the kitchen.

Christina entered the room, turning toВ Peter, who was just finishing the last paragraph ofВ the chapter:

– You are very busy?

– Now yes, but what did you want?

– Go to the store with me.

– Why do you need it?

– I need to buy a notebook.

– Do you have to?

– Yes, I need a notebook.

– Okay, just come on a little later, I need to write a little here. Take mom’s money for now.

The sister left the room and went toВ the kitchen toВ ask her mother for money for aВ notebook.

Peter continued to write. There was very little left. One, two, maybe three sentences, and that’s it, the chapter is completed.

Having completed the last sentence, he looked at the number ofВ words, it turned out toВ be exactly three thousand. This is exactly how much he needed so that inВ the end the book would turn out toВ be the right size.