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Creating a Writing Nook

Posted on July 1, 2012June 16, 2013 by Christine Alemshah

Where do you complete your writing? Do you have a zen-like place with the sounds of a gentle trickling fountain nearby?  Perhaps there’s a vanilla scented candle burning and Enya playing in the background? I think that’s how I pictured it would be before I started writing seriously,  but in reality my writing corner has consisted of this…

A saggy spot in the corner of a 30+ year old couch.  I must say some of my brightest ideas were penned (actually typed) from this very corner.  While it is homey and comfortable it doesn’t exactly inspire me to write in a professional and focused manner.  So this summer I made it my mission to create a “Writer’s Nook.”  Here’s what I have so far:
A Writing desk — complete with Lap Top,’Works in Progress Files to the Left, photo of the hubby, and desk calendar to keep me on track.
My tiny personal library of children’s books and writing books.  I hope to keep my collection growing at all times!
A little cubby box for my library books.  I hope to get new books every week (or at least every two weeks.)
I think it so, so important for a writer to have his/her own writer’s nook.  It  serves as a constant reminder that our writing is important enough to deserve its own space in our lives.  Mine is very basic right now, but I look forward to jazzing it up more and more as I move forward.  My first goal is to use it every day! (Except maybe Sunday.)
Do you have a writing nook?  Where is your favorite place to write?  If anyone would like to send pictures and a quote I’d be happy to post it here at The Sunflower Scribe.  =)

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1 thought on “Creating a Writing Nook”

  1. Seawind says:
    July 1, 2012 at 3:46 am

    Very interesting post, and I like your comfy spot and the new one both. I don’t have a writing nook! Will have to work on that.

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