Write Where?

Slightly bizzare, but I always seem to get my best ideas during boring family get-togethers/social occasions. Of course it's then difficult to start writing without seeming rude.

2007 - Attack of the Robot Magi (Failed :( )
2008 - N.A.
2009 - As of yet, untitled

I seem to write a lot on buses, bus journeys in Edinburgh take so long due to the tram works that you have the time to write a few pages-ish. I have also taken to writing recently in boring lectures, bad i know, but it's that or fall asleep and I'd rather do something constructive.

Haha! Glad to know it's not just me!

But I always forget by the time I CAN do any writing... dammit.

I always get ideas when I CAN'T write... never when I have the free time *headdesk*

NaNo '09 - Lolly Johnson and the Sweetie Butcher (working title)

http://avocado-ago-go.deviantart.com/ - I need more feedback on my ramblings!

i liked the idea of a write-in on a train that some of you did last year, but wasn't able to make it!

I really liked that idea as well, unfortunately I had no money last year, but I think that something like that could be fun. The scenary would probably be better than writing on a bus, and there would probably be less screaming children.

Another train write-in please, Elysse.

Carlisle was good; the cafe we found was excellent, but I have a fear that going back to a place is never as good.

Maybe we should do the East Coast this time. Newcastle? Alnwick? Does Barter Books have a cafe?

It might be nice to meet up with another group. I guess the Skye guys are a bit far though

Bye for now.

Karen

You know if we go somewhere with a second hand bookshop i'm going to spend all afternoon drooling over books, ignoring both nanoers and laptop...right?

Best place: at home, in easy reach of cups of tea and with suitable background noise depending on what I'm writing (say, music - as long as it's consistent with the genre or the emotion of the scene I'm writing, and without any lyrics).

Next best: Beanscene or Starbucks as long as I don't start nattering with people.

I'm happy to leave the special, fun write-ins to others. If I'm going to write, I have to focus on that, and not get wrapped up in the fun stuff. But I'm a fun guy. Really. I haven't murdered a puppy, ever. Honest. Why are you looking at me like that?

I am also known as 'Twisted Sister'. If you're lucky, you'll find out why. If you're unlucky, you'll find out why.

Like a lot of folk on this thread, I split my time between cafes and home. As long as there's a big pot of tea and a ready supply of snacks nearby, I can write.

Sometimes I get bursts of writing done on the bus - mainly freewriting, but it all counts. When things are a bit "gah", I go for a walk around the city and take notes. The weirdness that surrounds Edinburgh usually helps get me back in the swing of things.

N

-Don't wait for inspiration. Go and grab it by the scruff of the neck!
-Goonies never say die.

Depends on the time of day and what I'm doing. At my desk in the office (lunchtime only in case my boss is reading this!), Eteaket or Costa (I'm good at making a cup of tea last a long time, and if there's a slice of cake too, all the better), on the train, and in bed, anywhere that I can't get too distracted. On that note I'm in London for a course/conference for a few nights during November and I'm hoping that without any distractions (there's a charge for broadband so that's not happening!) I'll get quite a lot done then.

I usually write at home or at uni. Especially with the revamp of the building I have most of my lectures in, there are prime working conditions - especially now there's more than two plug sockets for the lounge/cafe.

NaNo Winner: 2005 (The Way), 2006 (Cutlery in Foil), 2007 (Gan's Quest), 2008 (Ananias)
2009 title - Border Crossing
My very own personal challenge: to get in every one of the sixty-four 'items in my novel', in my novel!

Hi

I always get inspiration in the office and you can write straight away and pretend to be working - sadly I don't work in an office any more and therefore I have to get my inspiration from buses, shops, cafe's, etc and so I don't forget the inspiration I use the voice recorder on my phone to record my thoughts.

Trouble is when I come back to them and hear myself say 'pink coat. unkempt and hilarious' it makes as much sense to me a russian !!! lol

But I also carry notepaper in my filofax (sorry child of the 80's) and it is full of scrawls, plot lines and characters :-)

Jacq x

I have written on trains, buses, back door step and the likes, but for me the best place is in my livingroom with my headphones on listening to good sounds coming from my computer as I try to put a new story in it.

By the way i have a new computer, new op system and new version of word, all very confusing for an old man like me.

Tip: For energy writing - sit by the sea when it's kicking up. I have it's cold wet, but magic. Similarly on a dark foggy night on the coast id excellent for atmospheric stuff. Just take a lot of makes with crosses and stakes.

QUB

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It's not about me it's about the books.

Write best at nightime or the small hours, hunched over a laptop in the kitchen, with a ready supply of coffee and nibbles, whilst all the other humans in the house are asleep and the cats are roaming around looking at me saying "there's something not normal about this".

Failing that: anywhere really.

Last year's train write in was fun. However, I wrote nothing on the way down because the sun was in my eyes. Wrote a lot in the cafe and on the way back, only mildly disturbed by the guy in the seat next to me reading as I was typing !

BTW: I've checked out Barter Books in Alnwick - awesome bookshop, great (small) cafe, but 3.5 miles from the train station at Alnmouth, so not so great for a write in, but worth a visit.

-- Prim

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2008 Winner : Becoming Franco Giordano

I'm doing a fair bit at work, where I have an office I can stay in which is usually empty after five. It means I get a solid hour done sitting in front of the lovely sunlight lamp they bought me, and no distractions from TV or anything.

I have written fine dialogue during really boring Friday lectures...

Bohemia

The opposite is also always true.

After four failed attempts at NaNo (fifth time lucky? You betcha!), I think I've finally worked out what works for me. I do the majority of my writing in the flat as the desk is just right ergonomically which makes lots of typing much more comfy. The kettle is a hop, skip and a jump away for the all-important caffeine fixes and I have all my music on hand for atmosphere.

However, I still do like going out and about during NaNoWriMo, I just don't use the time to wrack up more word count. Instead, I use it as a chance to scribble down some ideas, unknot tricky plot problems and look around for inspiration. It makes battering the word count out much easier at home, and means I get the odd break from writing without feeling like I'm skiving.

Cath :)