But what about your own personal setting? As a writer? Where do you go to write? Does where you write make a difference in how you write?
I used to write all over the place. I'd write on the bed, at the dining room table, even in the bathtub, but I didn't really have a special place.
Over time I've slowly begun to realize that I'm much more constructive with a routine. I've always had an office, but in the past it's been the place where I find the books and the art supplies rather than the place where I'd go to write. Partly because I had a bad habit of throwing all the homeless junk in there and closing the door. So it was always messy. And partly because even when I got around to putting it back together it wasn't very attractive.
I'm a visual person and how a room looks affects how I feel in it. Once I came to the conclusion that I needed a clutter-free, clean, semi-attractive room to write in on a regular basis I went to work.
I planned on posting photos of the newly revamped office, but the camera battery died before I could get any good shots, so they'll have to wait. In the meantime here are some fun and sometimes funky writing spaces.
Check out that glass ceiling!
If I had to choose one I think I'd pick the white room with the sofa and the desk in the corner. I don't tend to go for that much white, but I love how clean and uncluttered it is and I think that'd be user-friendly to my ADD brain. Plus I love how the desk is facing out. I have a thing about desks against walls. It's so un-Feng Shui.
Do you have a particular place where you write or does it even matter?
4 comments:
I've literally been stuck in a closet for 20 yrs trying to write--any of those cool spaces would be an improvement! LOL Cool pics! When you buy your new place, I call the extra bedroom. Closet writing blows! :-)
C
Do you think you'd write better if you had a different place?
Fat chance on that extra bedroom! We want 3 bedrooms to use as actual bedrooms and then I want an office, as does Drue. So we'd have to have a 6 bedroom house if you're to get one...lol. Although a 5 bedroom with an office/bonus room would work too... ;-) Then again, if you wouldn't mind a bedroom/office then you can hang out in the guest room.
No, I actually don't think the place matters much. I think the comfort level matters more. I need a good chair but the problem is I have to be able to get up on it by myself. Not easy with wheels. Right now I sit on a wooden chair with a box under my feet. Not the most comfortable so I have to move around more than I want but no, I don't think it impacts writing, just comfort level. Yeah, guest room is fine...I love the view from your space and aww to Izzle..cute girl!
C
It definitely matters for me. Maybe at some point when my brain is more disciplined I'll be able to write effectively anywhere, but definitely not know. I work better uncomfortably than in a bad space. Thankfully, my chair is comfortable, albeit not at all cute.
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