I listen to a lot of writers being interviewed and something that I always find fascinating is hearing about where they write. Some need to lock themselves away from the world whereas others can sit in a crowded coffee-house and write away and some can just write anywhere that they can. Some have a room which is empty aside from a desk and a chair. Others cannot have the internet connected (I can see the appeal). Others have heavy metal music or calm classical music to listen to.
Personally I can write just about anywhere in any situation. I have been in nightclubs where people have been packed in like sardines and have had an amazing idea where I’ve stood to one side and written an idea out quickly on my smart phone, but my ideal writing environment is somewhere quiet with very few distractions.
This is my desk at home where most of my writing is done (it’s actually quite tidy at the moment)
I can write in more unusual places. I work at a car sales by day and our little staff area is not very glamorous but I make the most of it when I take my laptop to work to get some words typed. I’ve also typed and hand written when I’ve been parked up in cars, although I struggle to write whilst someone else is driving. I can write when I’m with family and friends but I don’t get anywhere near as much done. Sunday I was hanging out with family and I got about 1100 words written over, about five hours whereas tonight I’ve been locked away from the world in nigh on total silence and I’ve knocked out just over 1400 words.
I know a lot of writers do love to have some music in the back round and I agree at times I need something that I can shut out of my conciousness but I cannot write with loud music or particularly heavy music. For me music can only be that white noise in the background.
Where we write is not something that is the same for each one of us, it is as personal as the words that we write down.
Peter Germany's World 
Everybody has a little space of their own to hide and write, or to pretend they are hiding and writing 😀 I am going to make a confession. Some people think I am crazy for what I am going to say, but I don’t care 🙂 When I try to write something in an Austen manner, I use a portable Regency table I bought in an Antiques Shop. It is like by using materials from that time, I feel more inspired to write 😀 It may sound silly, but that’s what I do. The rest of the time, I write wherever I can find a little space to place my notebook. I can write wherever I am, and I don’t mind any noise or disturbance in the background. When I am writing, I am just inside my head and I don’t pay attention to what is happening around me. Thanks for sharing your writing space 😀
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I like the idea of the Regency table, its kind of like method acting, but for writing not acting. Thank you for sharing also 🙂
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I usually write with the TV on, haha. When I write in total silence I tend to lose focus and I end up playing on my phone, looking at my wordpress site stats, and checking facebook 1200 hundred times. I think when the spring comes I might try bringing my laptop outside and leaving my phone inside. Hmmm
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I do know what you mean. last night I checked my phone about a dozen times, but I didnt go online until after I had written my 1000 words, I did have to have some music on last night though.
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If I start out writing in my favourite place, I tend to feel pressure to perform ( thank goodness I’m not a man) so I go out, to a cafe, or the backyard or even to bed and it seems to unlock something so when I move back to my favourite place, I can write again.
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That’s an interesting way to look at it. I think I’m quite adaptable because location dosent tend to affect me, it’s more the distractions that put me off writing.
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