Where do you prefer to write?

[Alex97]

Just wondering where people usualy write/type.

Personaly I usualy write in my room at a desk or in an office so nothing too exiting. Although today I'm out in the garden which is nice because it overlooks fields and woods. Where I write dosn't really effect much but I think it's better to be in surroundings you like.

 

[Steerpike]

I'm all over the place. Living room couch, office, outside, coffee shop, &c.

 

[SlimShady]

Anywhere I can. Preferably somewhere quiet.

 

[Benjamin Clayborne]

At my desk. I need solitude to write effectively; having people around is distracting. (Especially people I'm related to, who will interrupt me at random intervals.)

 

[Shockley]

I'll write anywhere, but I do my best stuff in my den.

 

[psychotick]

Hi,

Normally I'd write at my desk in my study, but lately my backs been too sore to sit for long, so I've taken to writing on a laptop from the couch. Its quite disconcerting writing like that, and the laptop has a wonky spacebar that only works some of the time, meaning I'm constantly having to back type everything. And the cats are a nuisance - they thought the couch was theirs!

Cheers, Greg.

 

[Androxine Vortex]

I get random ideas usually anywhere but when I actually write I prefer to be somewhere in my house. It really doesn't matter where but when I type I obviously have to be at my computer throne (yes it is a throne. I just call it that because my computer chair is really huge) I just need it to be quiet. I know some people enjoy listening to music when they write but I find that too distracting. I might listen to music before I write to get me pumped up but when I write I prefer to hear nothing but my thoughts.

 

[Helen]

I do my best stuff in my den.

I outline in coffee shops around town. The change of locations is good for ideas.

Then I refine it in the den. Where I can concentrate.

 

[Taro]

mainly at work at the moment, even though it is sometimes full of distractions, i wont get a lot of time to write at home

 

[zizban]

At home, in the computer room. I usually tune out distractions.

 

[robertbevan]

i write in my office at work. i wake up at 5:50 specifically so i can do this (and also to beat the morning traffic). if i have a morning class, it doesn't start until 9:30, so i've got a good solid chunk of time to write before that. if it's a day when i only have an afternoon class, all the better.

i'm on summer vacation now, so that's probably going to mean that i'm not going to write a whole lot for the month or two. but who knows? i might. i managed to crank out a short story here at home. but i don't think i've written a single word of my second novel since the vacation started.

 

[ThinkerX]

I must be one of the last people on this forum to be using a great big old line PC instead of a laptop.

 

[Claire]

I typically sit at my desk, which is in a corner of our bedroom. Sometimes I use my little old netbook if I want to be in a different room - like if my kids are playing outside, I can sit with my netbook on the couch where I can see out the window, or take it outside on the back patio. But it doesn't work all that well anymore, and I get tired of the tiny screen.

I have a husband, 3 little kids and a cat so there are always distractions.

 

[Arreth]

In bed, on the couch, in the dining room or in my study... where lately I'm trying to write some stuff standing up (with the laptop atop a small bookshelf) a la Ernest Hemingway - apparently all this sitting down we're doing is bad for our health

 

[Sheilawisz]

@ThinkerX: You are not alone, I also have my PC and I think that laptops are inferior computers.

I write in my room, where I have all my personal energy and I listen to some great music to get inspiration- I am not sure whether I would get used to writing my novels on a laptop at Starbucks or something, I love my room =)

 

[Chime85]

I often take my Laptop (that's right, Laptop! ) and my many notebooks to my sofa. If I'm writing late in the evening I tend to have a glass of wine on one side, and a plate full of sandwhiches on another. The only time I would get up is for a ciggy break (of which i have many when writing).

x

 

[Graylorne]

Like ThinkerX and Sheilawisz I use a pc. Even better, I use two of them. One for writing, the other to check mail, twitter and forums of course.
I've a workroom with all my books, dictionaries etc and I spend most of my time here. Ivory tower? Yes, blessed peace too.

 

[Penpilot]

Mostly I try to write at the library, but I also write at McDonalds, at mall food courts, and when I must, at my desk at home. I just need a spot to sit down and a place to set my laptop.

For me, writing at home has diminishing returns in terms of getting into the right head space. Home is where I relax so subconsciously being at home makes my mind and body want to go all vegetative. When I go somewhere like the library, the moment I pop open the laptop, my brain and body know it's time to get down to business.

 

[korabas]

Anywhere with no TV and no xbox. Although as my laptop has internet, I usually still get distracted anyway! I find I write best after dark, with a good bottle of rum by my side. Alternatively, in the office at work,when i'm supposed to be actual-working, lol

 

[Lorna]

Writing- at home. In privacy. I need silence.

Thinking through ideas / working out scenes - out in nature, walking or cycling. Seem to flow better.