Not sure how writing in the nude is all that odd, but I live alone and in a hot climate, so getting dressed to write seems odd to me!

Have never tried sniffing rotten fruit, when I can't find the right word. I can understand the coffin idea, if you need to imagine a deadline for what you want to say to the world before you die. Caskets are pretty pricey though and wouldn't fit with my decor, plus I will likely be cremated, so maybe staring at an urn would do the trick for me. Lots of interesting ideas!

Sad they don't mention one of the commonest, going for a walk first, many used that one including Charles Darwin.

Fun information ... Thanks!
Those writers' writerly antics make me feel not so weird afterall.