In order to master the ballpoint pen Biro came up with a new design that would pull the ink onto the ball, without gravity or moving parts, producing a consistent and smooth line on the page.
He looked rather pale and peaky (was the full moon approaching? ) and was absorbed in the exam: as he reread his answers, he scratched his chin with the end of his quill, frowning slightly.
Will was special because he wrote the plays. And what plays they were! He never wrote the same play twice, like some writers. He was always trying something new, something different. And he wrote fast, too.