You finally get some time for creative writing, but…
- Your pot of pens has mysteriously emptied itself, apart from the annoying green biro that doesn’t work.
- Your desk is buried under a mound of papers you’ve been meaning to file, a few things you meant to list on Ebay, some letters and bills to deal with, a couple of empty coffee mugs and a random collection of household items which were left there ‘for now’.
- The zip is broken on your laptop bag, so you haven’t brought it with you today.
- You want to print some pages off to edit, but you’ve run out of ink. And paper.
- You could write on the bus to work, but you can’t find the special hardback notebook you usually use.
Having a dedicated writing space in your home strengthens the feeling that you are a writer – creative writing has a high priority in your life. It doesn’t matter if your writing things are kept on a desk, or on a shelf, or in a drawer, a briefcase or a bag. As long as you’re always prepared to get started on your writing immediately, you won’t waste that precious creative time trying to fix the printer cable or searching for a pen.
Of course, having writing equipment ready may not be the only preparation to do. If it’s been a couple of years since you looked at your half-finished novel, you may need to reread the whole thing first if you can hardly remember your characters or plot.
There’s just one more week until Island Writers starts. Are you ready to get writing?