Thursday, March 7, 2013

A dedicated place of your own to write your book

By Dennis Mellersh

It may be true that some writers can do their work almost anywhere; but for most of us, it doesn’t work that way. We need to have a dedicated spot in which to write.

Why is this so important?

It’s not because something mystical and inspirational will happen when we are in “our writing place”, although it might; it’s more a matter of a dedicated spot giving us the ability to concentrate.

It doesn’t have to fancy, but it needs to be yours.

Here’s what Stephen King has to say in his book On Writing:

“You can read anywhere almost, but when it comes to writing, library carrels, park benches, and rented flats should be courts of last resort…most of us do our best in a place of our own. Until you get one you’ll find your new resolution to write a lot hard to take seriously.”

King also believes that your writing place needs one key element – a door “which you are willing to shut.”

And once you have a place of your own for writing, King recommends you set a daily writing goal in terms of a word count and suggests 1,000 words a day; and that you keep the door shut until you meet your writing word count target.

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