Comments on: Writing space http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2008/04/01/writing-space/ the business and craft of writing Sat, 05 Jul 2008 20:52:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Rosalie Warren http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2008/04/01/writing-space/#comment-1827 Rosalie Warren Wed, 16 Apr 2008 13:05:39 +0000 http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2008/04/01/writing-space/#comment-1827 My desk looks messy to the uninformed eye but is actually very well organised - that's my story, anyway. I can usually find what I need within a few minutes. My computer desktop is a different matter - the things I put on there refuse to stay put and much swearing is generated when I can't find them. My head, sadly, is even worse... My desk looks messy to the uninformed eye but is actually very well organised - that’s my story, anyway. I can usually find what I need within a few minutes. My computer desktop is a different matter - the things I put on there refuse to stay put and much swearing is generated when I can’t find them.

My head, sadly, is even worse…

]]> By: Sarah Cruickshank http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2008/04/01/writing-space/#comment-1801 Sarah Cruickshank Mon, 07 Apr 2008 19:17:10 +0000 http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2008/04/01/writing-space/#comment-1801 Oh wow, well my hubby is an academic and has a background as a designer, so we both spend a great deal of time writing! He's very creative and productive from his messy domain, but Im very productive and creative from my bag and my laptop. I think my bag/laptop and working wherever comes from my background as a supply teacher - I was used to just dropping in to places and getting on with it... I guess what Im saying is horses for courses - even when I had a desk I'd more often than not work on the floor! Oh wow, well my hubby is an academic and has a background as a designer, so we both spend a great deal of time writing! He’s very creative and productive from his messy domain, but Im very productive and creative from my bag and my laptop. I think my bag/laptop and working wherever comes from my background as a supply teacher - I was used to just dropping in to places and getting on with it… I guess what Im saying is horses for courses - even when I had a desk I’d more often than not work on the floor!

]]> By: Fiona Veitch Smith http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2008/04/01/writing-space/#comment-1800 Fiona Veitch Smith Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:36:57 +0000 http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2008/04/01/writing-space/#comment-1800 Who's the more creative and / or productive of the two of you, Sarah? Let's put Writinggb's theory to the test! Who’s the more creative and / or productive of the two of you, Sarah? Let’s put Writinggb’s theory to the test!

]]> By: Sarah Cruickshank http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2008/04/01/writing-space/#comment-1799 Sarah Cruickshank Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:55:33 +0000 http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2008/04/01/writing-space/#comment-1799 My hubbie's desk looks like this. I work on my trusty laptop and am doing without a desk at the moment, but I've never had one that looked like this. My hubbie’s desk looks like this. I work on my trusty laptop and am doing without a desk at the moment, but I’ve never had one that looked like this.

]]> By: Fiona Veitch Smith http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2008/04/01/writing-space/#comment-1798 Fiona Veitch Smith Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:56:01 +0000 http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2008/04/01/writing-space/#comment-1798 I'd buy that! If I spent all my time tidying and keeping my desk neat, I'd never get any work done. I must admit though, a tidier space does bring me a sense of calm, which is useful for some kinds of writing. But that's when you take the laptop and head off into the garden. I’d buy that! If I spent all my time tidying and keeping my desk neat, I’d never get any work done. I must admit though, a tidier space does bring me a sense of calm, which is useful for some kinds of writing. But that’s when you take the laptop and head off into the garden.

]]> By: writinggb http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2008/04/01/writing-space/#comment-1797 writinggb Mon, 07 Apr 2008 15:28:20 +0000 http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2008/04/01/writing-space/#comment-1797 I actually heard once that a messier-looking desk can be a signal of great productivity and creativity! I actually heard once that a messier-looking desk can be a signal of great productivity and creativity!

]]> By: Rebecca Laffar-Smith http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2008/04/01/writing-space/#comment-1769 Rebecca Laffar-Smith Tue, 01 Apr 2008 12:23:36 +0000 http://www.thecraftywriter.com/2008/04/01/writing-space/#comment-1769 Like you, Fiona, I don't have a stationary writing space. I have my trusty desktop but I rarely spend time 'writing' here. My PC, while with good intensions and designed for writing, usually observes more mundane activities. Research, socialmedia, marketing, community, email, book and record keeping, etc. Various business related activities that can be considered work are done here (and many non-work related). When it comes to writing I prefer to get mobile. I love taking my laptop out and about. Away from internet access. I have a wireless modem but I try to avoid using it simply because I don't want to associate my laptop with web surfing. I prefer to keep it primarily for writing. When I'm at my laptop, I'm working, no matter where I am. With the laptop I can write in bed, in the living room, at a coffee shop, take-away joints while the kids play in the playground, at the park while the kids play, or at the homes of others. I love being able to spend time with my mother, sharing her space at her big house, while we both go on with our own things (she's usually playing mindless games on her PC while I write). Poetry is almost exclusively a notebook task and again, like you, I compose rarely these days. Of course, the notepad is also brilliant as an idea catcher and I have lists upon lists on my PC and laptop with ideas, snippets, weblinks and concepts. Like you, Fiona, I don’t have a stationary writing space. I have my trusty desktop but I rarely spend time ‘writing’ here. My PC, while with good intensions and designed for writing, usually observes more mundane activities. Research, socialmedia, marketing, community, email, book and record keeping, etc. Various business related activities that can be considered work are done here (and many non-work related).

When it comes to writing I prefer to get mobile. I love taking my laptop out and about. Away from internet access. I have a wireless modem but I try to avoid using it simply because I don’t want to associate my laptop with web surfing. I prefer to keep it primarily for writing. When I’m at my laptop, I’m working, no matter where I am.

With the laptop I can write in bed, in the living room, at a coffee shop, take-away joints while the kids play in the playground, at the park while the kids play, or at the homes of others. I love being able to spend time with my mother, sharing her space at her big house, while we both go on with our own things (she’s usually playing mindless games on her PC while I write).

Poetry is almost exclusively a notebook task and again, like you, I compose rarely these days.

Of course, the notepad is also brilliant as an idea catcher and I have lists upon lists on my PC and laptop with ideas, snippets, weblinks and concepts.

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