A slightly late blog this time (I normally try to post on
Mondays and Fridays) so apologies.
At the weekend I did something that I don’t get to do often;
type up my novel seated at my ‘writing space’; my specific little area that
I’ve cleared for writing. It
was…liberating.
Normally, I just write where-ever I have somewhere I can put
the laptop down or make a note on, but I have also set aside a place in my
house specifically for writing. I’ve set
up my perch in the spare bedroom, opposite the window on a nice big table, with
plenty of room for the laptop and notes.
I managed to bring my word count up to 5,000 for Tales of Larrick City
as well as making a few more notes on the future.
To describe it further, I’ll go through what I see when I
sit down. On my left is the Google
Chrome book laptop that I use to check out forums / blogs etc. Beside it are some of my reference book’s (Forensics’
for dummies for example, very good book) and my note books too. In the corner are more note books and
previous book drafts for easy access.
Directly in front of me at the end of the table is a pile of
RPG source books and rulebooks from various gaming systems. Good for inspiration and visual reference.
Moving on to my right hand side I find my main laptop: a
small Dell Latitude D430. This is where
I actually do my writing, hammering away on the keyboard which is nice and
clickly (I don’t like the new silent keyboards, no response!).
Everything at the table is nice and spaced out, with stationary
in the drawers out of the way and space to place a cup of tea or coffee without
it being in danger of spilling over a keyboard.
This blog isn’t so much an instruction on how to create your
own writing space, it’s just a comment on how I’ve organized mine. If you’re a writer, how do you organize your
writing area? Do you even have a writing
area or just write where-ever there is room?
Meanwhile, like I said, I’ve made good progress on Tales of
Larrick City as we are up to 5,000 words and climbing. November is getting closer which is prompting
more work in that regard as I want to have a solid, 1st Draft for
Tales of Larrick City before I hammer into Nanowrimo and start on the 4th
book properly. It will be an intense
November; the writing space will be a critical battleground!
Till next time.
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