Where do you do your writing?
Have you ever tried to write somewhere other than your nook? Do you frequently write elsewhere?
I remember reading how J K Rowling wrote Harry on the train on her way to work – not sure if it’s true or not but if so, bloody hell! How’s she do it?
I absolutely cannot write (fiction) anywhere else but my nook. There are just too many distractions, too many voices, too many interruptions.
Do you feel the same way… or maybe I’m just precious?
Usually whenever or wherever I can find a quiet moment or two. Like JK, I have written while riding on the train.
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Kudos to you!
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I have to write in chunks of time without distraction so it’s usually in my “spot.” Editing I can do anywhere. Writing on the train is amazing – that’s concentration!
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I’m cut from the same cloth D. Unless it’s in my spot (just like sheldon) it doesn’t happen.
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I almost always write on my bed with my laptop on my lap. Only on occasions do I write in my living room. But I do come up with ideas just about anywhere. I’ll often pull some slip of paper out of my pocketbook (even an old receipt) and jot down key words or phrases so I don’t forget them.
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Yes when it comes to ideas I have them anywhere and usually in the most inopportune moments and places. Ie, shower. My phone is filled with rambling notes and phrases!
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Ditto to what UpDownFlight said, except that I still prefer pen and paper to my laptop 🙂
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Ah, an old-fashioned girl! I’d try that but my handwriting is so bad I can’t usually read what I’ve scrawled.
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I write in the bathroom, because when my showing is running, it actives my thoughts and before I know it, my page is filled up with words! 🙌🏾😊
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I should keep a notebook in the shower to. Funny how hot water ALWAYS gets the ideas firing!
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Yesssss!!! 😁😁🙌🏾🙈
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I need to write at my computer in my corner at home. Other places, and my writing doesn’t flow so well. 😅
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Yep, that’s me!
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I write at my desktop PC, in the chaos of my library, often listening to music.
I sort of can write elsewhere, but I get more easily distracted.
Like writing on a train… why waste time writing on a train when on a train you can observe people and take notes for characters, and eavesdrop and take notes for dialogue? Ah!
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The human drama, hard at work, writing itself. 🙂
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My favourite time to write is early mornings, sitting at the table on my verandah. First light, birds chirping and the silence of the neighbourhood all sooth my writer soul. Otherwise I am happy to sit anywhere really as long as there are no direct distractions. The hum of people talking or the flurry of their activity does not worry me as long as they are not talking to me or involving me directly. And I love silently observing people for character inspiration.
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Your verandah setting sounds absolutely wonderful for writing. I’m envious! People though, I can’t do people when I’m writing 😏
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I find that my writing comes in two forms, the intentional “I’m going to write now”, and the sudden “you WILL write now” that sometimes strikes when something random ignites my inspiration. Then I have to either step aside and jot it down, or repeat it over and over again so that I don’t lose it.
Most of the time I retreat to somewhere secluded to write, a room with only one door, a computer, and few reasons for others to come in. I often work in corners, out of view of a window, because I’d be forever looking outside, imagining new stories, instead of working on my current one.
Distractions are always a challenge, but I’ve become a big fan of foam earplugs. By themselves they may only cut down on the noise, but if I put headphones on over earplugs, any background noise is easily drowned out by “loud” but “not loud to me” music.
Of course sometimes I’ll write in my head, while on a walk, or immersing myself in some setting that feels akin to where and what I’m trying to write.
As with all things, I think the key is trusting in what’s worked before, but remaining open to other possibilities. Changing the time of day or location in which I write sometimes helps to shake me out of a creative knot, though nothing works better than a good run. I’ll struggle with my project until I’m blue in the face, then go for a run, and after a few minutes the pieces drift into alignment, and the answer’s plain as day.
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You are my spirit brother. Everything you’ve just said. Boom. It’s me. SO nice to meet someone who just ‘gets’ it!! Thanks Adam!
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A pleasure to make your acquaintance as well. I’ve been perusing your blog. Thank you kindly for sharing so much of yourself. I have quite a bit of reading to look forward to. 😉
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Thanks Adam!
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Thank you!
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Well I also read somewhere that she started writing in train
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And god she wrote something amazing.
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Agree 😊
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