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Where and when do you write?
Hi everyone,
I've just finished planning a short story in which an old lady has a disused railway coach she writes in. It's her own personal writing room. She writes all morning till about midday and then spends the rest of the day on doing jobs and shopping...
In every issue of WM they have an interview of an Author who has a different writing routine. Do you have a set routine? Do you have your own writing room or writing place?
:-)
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I have my own dedicated office. It's hung with moons, has blue and gold walls, blue and other coloured moons on the gold walls and silver and gold moons on the dark blue wall. Crowded with books, etc. that is my sanctuary and my workplace. I claim the use of the room on my tax return.
I use the back room mostly, with the doors open to let in fresh air :)
Anywhere and everywhere in notebooks for scribbling and ideas. Bbus, train, park bench...wherever.
Otherwise I write at school, on the sofa, in my room, out and about, anywhere. As for when, when I can be bothered and when the muse hits me.
I write when I get home from work and do so until about 1am during weekdays, and I work from 1pm onwards until late morning at weekends, and I write until I am finished with piece/chapter/scene, never before and everyone knows not to disturb me when I write.
I tend to write in the evenings due to working in the day, but at the weekends it can be whenever... I love that freedom of being able to stay up until the early hours if I so wish, and not being restrained by the usual thoughts of "I really should get to bed soon, I'll be so tired for work in the morning..."