The Method Actor's Approach to Writing

A novelist decides to write about a character suffering from amnesia. To get into character, she spends three months pretending she can't remember anything. Her husband finally asks, 'When will you finish the book?' She stares at him blankly and says, 'What book?' Her agent calls it method writing. Her therapist calls it concerning. Her publisher calls it the most authentic first draft they've ever received — because she genuinely couldn't remember what she'd already written.