Where Do You Write?
Mar 15, 2009 in
Motivation/Productivity, Writing Strategy
Having the right combination of place, time and tools will help a writer in three ways:
- It will help him get more writing done, because everything feels right.
- It will help him feel good about writing… which will keep him coming back to the story.
- It will help him have more good days than bad days. (Yes, there are bad writing days. We’ve all been there.)
So how do you find the right combination of these three elements for yourself? Trial and error is the best way to find what works for you. Here’s a list of places to get you started on finding the right place for you.
Where to Write
- at a desk
- on the couch
- under a tree
- in a museum
- in a coffee shop or cafe
- in a parked car
- in the library
- at a bus station
- at your grandma’s house during a family gathering
- at an airport
- in a park
- on a bus
- at the kitchen table
- in a shopping mall’s food court
- on a plane
- in the bathtub
- in a hotel lobby
- in a bookstore with comfy chairs
- on a train
- in the school or office cafeteria
- on a ferry
- in a shed made over into an office
- in a room with no view
- in a room with a great view
- in a hotel room
- standing up
- lying down
- in a closet
- in an art gallery
- on the floor
- in a doctor’s waiting room (change the ‘a’ to an ‘r’ and it becomes “writing room”)
Where do you write?
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Where Do You Write?
When Do You Write?
What Tools Do You Write With?
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6 comments
Marsha Lyn on March 15, 2009 at 9:34 pm
I write in a corner of my bedroom in a cozy chair that I’ve dubbed my writing chair, and I only ever use it to write on my story. My second favourite place to write is outside when it’s nice and sunny and warm enough to not freeze without a jacket!
Jenna (1 comments.) on March 15, 2009 at 9:50 pm
Hi – I’ve never commented before, even though I’ve been following your blog through a feed reader for a while now.
Anyway, I write anywhere, with people around or without…the craziest place that I’ve written was on a ski lift (just to say that I had). However, I didn’t get many words because my pen had frozen. I like writing in my bed (when my laptop worked), however I found that I get more words when I’m sitting at my desk.
My dream writing place is somwhere either really classy or somwhere rustic, a hotel with…atmosphere.
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AravisGirl (5 comments.) on March 16, 2009 at 5:08 pm
Desk, lying down, come up with stories in the bathtub, but I don’t have that waterproof paper. Sometimes I write on the couch.
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Cheryl on March 17, 2009 at 8:47 pm
@Marsha Lyn – outside in the sun sounds fabulous. I did a little of that last summer and enjoyed it a lot. Though my puppy was sitting on my lap the whole time so I was trying to write around her. If she can get in the way, she does.
Cheryl on March 17, 2009 at 8:48 pm
@Jenna – you get my vote for strangest writing place – on a ski lift sounds like quite the challenge! I’m with you – classy or isolated would be great. Thanks for sharing!
Cheryl on March 17, 2009 at 8:49 pm
@AravisGirl – I think I’d be too self-conscious to write in the bathtub. I’d be worried about dropping the paper or my pen. But it sure is a good thinking spot like you mentioned.