: Re: What makes a great writer's space? If you have a usual or favorite place to write at home, what makes it so good? I like having multiple places to write -- sometimes I find a change of

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Well, even without studying some dubious horoscopic sciences as feng shui, everybody at least feels that having your own work place for each kind of work you're doing is a significant efficiency boost. I think undisturbable place to write is not an option — it is a precondition. Once you have it, you can begin to write and at least be sure that you'll finish your work. But there are also some modifications that could help even more.

1. Dual monitors.

The most powerful boost for everybody who's writing or drawing something with help of the computer. I contrive a new usage for them every week or two for all fringes of my doings. Here are some examples that I just invented or used before:

Drawing a fantasy map based on text or back to front;
Looking to wikipedia while writing about tough subjects (i.e medical drugs);
Modifying text from one screen on another;
...

2. Cup of a drink.

You've already knew it before :) But I'll add my pair of cents. I think people underestimate smells. There are not so many people working in a smell or taste art, but this is art. And changing taste of a drink lying in front of you will often reflect good on your creativity. So go and buy that new sort of black, green, red, white, {put your colour here} tea or learn how to make a mocha at last.

3. Use the notebooks.

Oh, what a disappointment that ideas only come to you when you've already gone to bed, and not in your writers space. Not anymore! Check this great question for details. And using of software notebooks is another option for the first point of this list.

4. Adorn your space.

The world is built the way that new ideas are coming from some set of previous. The more your place is yourselfish, the better. Some people are wild about junk collections and some can spend hours on looking into details of some large painting. Just don't let your place look vacuous for yourself.

P.S. As I remember, Stephen King wrote some good advices about writers space building in his book "On Writing".

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