Sunday, October 14, 2007

Writer's Words

"Over the years I have come across several places that offered the ideal conditions in which to work. The room in Montepulciano, for example, with the lovely wooden bed and white sheets, the window gazing out over the Tuscan countryside. the terrace formed by what had once been a little bridge connecting our building to the one next door. Or the house in Lauzun with the room overlooking a field of wheat, facing west so that in the evening, the paper on the desk was bathed red. Or an apartment on rue Popincourt with the floor-to-ceiling window from which you could see right down rue de la Roquette, as far as the Bastille almost. What they all had in common, these ideal places for working, was that I never got any work done in them."


~Geoff Dyer
from How I Write, The Secret Lives of Authors, edited by Dan Crowe

How about you? Have you the "perfect place to work"? Do you get any work done there??

28 comments:

Michele | aka Raw Juice Girl said...

Love the quote!

Yes, Becca, I do have a place to write and I do seem to write quite a bit here.

I'll have to post a picture on my blog sometime soon.

I have a computer armoire, stained in a deep rich varnish, with shelves for my writing reference books, and a double decker pullout that not only houses my keyboard, but my books/manuscripts above.

I'm thankful for my writing space. It inspires me. I am blessed.

Smiles,
Michele

Rebecca Laffar-Smith said...

I do write at my desktop computer but not nearly as much as I'd like. Thankfully, since I invested in a laptop I can write anywhere and I find it so much more fulfilling to be able to take off and spend time pulling together an article, a poem or a few hunded words of my novel from anywhere I like.

Favorite places include, the library, McDonald's, my mother's house, and my bed.

I'm looking forward to my youngest starting school in February so I'll have more options on locations to write. At the moment mine are limited to places kids are welcome and moderately secure so they don't require 100% attention.

septembermom said...

What a wonderful quote! I'm still trying to define a particular place to write. Now that the weather is growing warmer, I'm hoping to create a writing space for myself on my deck. I believe that the fresh air will be a catalyst for hopefully some creative ideas. We'll see! Thanks for your kind comment on my blog today! I look forward to visiting you again :)

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Robyn Ryle said...

Great quote. Somewhat comforting. I've been going to my favorite restaurant/coffee shop in the mornings to "write" and find I actually end up talking or listening. Maybe that's okay....some of the time.