I’m the type of person who has to have the perfect working conditions in order to write. I wish this were not so. I wish I could write anywhere, at any time, and under any conditions. I wish I could sit for five minutes at a bus stop and come up with something fabulous. This is simply impossible for me. I need long blocks of time to get in my characters’ heads, and I need quiet.
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Some time ago, I realized I had to get away from a ringing phone, seeing dirty dishes in the sink, a barking dog, and a husband who still could not remember how to use the fax machine. In other words, I had to have my own writer’s paradise.
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After coming to this realization, I started planning. What did I want? What could I afford? What could I envision using as a special place to plot? And that’s when it hit me. Whenever I’ve gone to conference or on vacation, I’ve done some excellent plotting in a hot tub. Relaxing in the warm, churning water with a glass of wine could unlock ideas, get the creative juices flowing, and had characters chattering like nothing else. Eureka! I got my answer and created a special place to write in my back yard.
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I must say, it works pretty well.
How about you? Do you have a special place to read or write?
~Tiffany
www.tiffanygreen.net
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Hi Tiffany,
You’ve created a beautiful spot…wow! I tend to migrate when I write (and read). The best investment I ever made was my laptop, because now I can literally write anywhere. I prefer outdoors in the summer: porch, by the pond, patio. Even without my laptop I’ve been known to scribble ideas in my planner at odd moments. There’s one scene in a book that I wrote while waiting for an accupuncture appointment. I think of that every tine I read the scene.
I have to have peace and quiet to think. IF not, I get distracted and then nothing gets done.
Thanks, Debra! I also love my laptop and being able to bring it where I go. I think it’s important to create a good working environment, but I wish I could write anywhere. Having a small note pad on hand is a great idea because you never know where inspiratrion will strike.
I know exactly what you mean, Debra. Having peace and quiet is essential for me as well. That is one of the reasons I had to create my own writer’s retreat, a place to escape…
Hey, Tiffany, your paradise is gorgeous! Enjoy! Enjoy! Enjoy!
I love to write on cloudy, rainy days. I love to be by a window and be able to see, hear, and smell the rain. Puts me in major creative mode. But, unfortunately, those days have been hard to come by this spring and summer. I’m keeping my fingers crossed for this fall!
Otherwise, I like my office space, and I like to surround myself with soft music and a favorite candle. But, there are times I’m like Debra St. John and sometimes I migrate to the living room, the patio, or the kitchen table. Depends on the weather and the mood I’m in.
Tiffany,
I love to write looking out my window. I have to have it quiet too. I live to write in my office looking out….Seeing the animals and all the sacred creations the Creator gave to us.
Great Post!!!!!
Walk in harmony,
Melinda
Oh what a beautiful place you have there to write. Wish I had that in my back yard. If I am going to read I have to have quite, but I don’t get that to often unless everyone is in bed. I usually put ear plugs in my ears just to read. Hubby keeps the TV to loud.