As a writer, I spend a lot of time in my study. This is a room that need only be inviting to one person—the one who inhabits it. I have a friend who has a very organized study with a clear desk. Unlike my desk, this one is s spacious and clear of the piles of work in progress that amass on my own. She recently pared down her book collection to fit on one small bookshelf. My office, by contrast, has four mismatched shelf units, each overstuffed with reference books, novels I hope to read one day, books on language and literacy, books relating to current projects, and stacks that I hope to get to “soon.” I love my office. Its creative chaos suits me and mirrors my writing process.
I find that writers have very different writing spaces that work uniquely for them. I know someone who works in a coffee shop in the town she lives in. She orders her favorite coffee and stays for the morning. Another friend writes in the library. She likes the quiet it affords her.
I can write in many different settings, at retreats, in my own studio, in writing groups, in the library, in coffee shops.
Where do you like to write? What fits your writing style, your process, your mood?
This study is where I created my latest manuscript, Dread and Splendor: Paintings and Poems for a New Planet. It’s my first collaborative manuscript with my Norwegian artist friend, Irene Christensen.
I’ll be blogging on Thursdays. Follow my blog here and the progress of my manuscript.
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Eileen P. Kennedy Author 