I want a writing room...
By Lena Kovadlo
@lovebuglena (43074)
Staten Island, New York
October 23, 2017 5:30pm CST
The only place in my house where I can put my laptop and write is the dining room table. What I really want is to have a room to use solely as a writing room; a room that is spacious, is surrounded by books, and has a window with a scenic view. Maybe one day that will happen. For now, I have to resort to the dining room to write, which isn't very inspiring. Does anyone have a room like that?
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@kobesbuddy (74550)
• East Tawas, Michigan
23 Oct 17
Yes, I sure do! My husband has a home business, so he turned one of our spare bedrooms into an office. Now, that he is no longer in business, it's where I do most of my reading and writing on the desktop computer. Here's a picture of the room, I'm telling you about.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
24 Oct 17
That's nice, except I'd want the desk to face the window with the scenic view.
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@kobesbuddy (74550)
• East Tawas, Michigan
24 Oct 17
@lovebuglena Our window is on the right, in this picture. So to view outdoors, I have to turn my head. The book shelves are on the far left, and a futon on the opposite wall. It's pretty cozy, during the winter months.
@eagletrek2 (5499)
• Kingston, New York
12 Nov 17
that normal turning a bed room to a office ,How many turn a bathroom in to a office? beside me lol
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@JudyEv (325693)
• Rockingham, Australia
12 Nov 17
@eagletrek2 That's creative thinking isn't it? We turned a laundry into a darkroom once but had to change it back regularly.
@just4him (306080)
• Green Bay, Wisconsin
27 Oct 17
@lovebuglena My office is the second bedroom in my apartment.
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
25 Oct 17
You are lucky that you have an office like that.
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@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
24 Oct 17
I would love to have an office. I already decided what it would look like. 1 half would be books, notebooks, my desk, maybe a lounge and my computer and such and then the other side would be all my crafting haha what a dream.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
25 Oct 17
It's nice to dream. Hopefully the dream will be a reality one day.
@DesirousDreamer (34783)
• Peoria, Arizona
26 Oct 17
@lovebuglena Going to do my best haha I just imagine it being so dark on one side and happy and bright on the other haha totally my personality.
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@ourlot (982)
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23 Oct 17
Take care with the "window with a scenic view" for writing. Stephen King says in his "On Writing" (an excellent book, BTW, to improve this skill) that there's nothing like a blank wall in front of your eyes when it comes down to writing. And I think he's right. Writers should focus on the writing and only on the writing.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
24 Oct 17
The scenic view is inspiring and can lift you up when you are down.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
24 Oct 17
@ourlot True, if you are writing those type of emotional pieces at the time. But also being very down can cause you to not be in the mood to write. Been there myself.
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@ourlot (982)
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24 Oct 17
@lovebuglena I totally get your point. Just don't dismiss the fact that feeling down can be quite good for the writing.
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@dgobucks226 (34348)
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23 Oct 17
I have a converted bedroom I made into an office and writing room. I do find it comfortable. My view is not scenic but I can watch the birds and squirrels outside. Stay positive. Work hard and maybe you will have that writing room someday!
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
24 Oct 17
Your view isn't bad. Definitely better than staring at an empty wall or the old window blinds.
I sure hope I will get my writing room one day, or someone called it, a den!
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@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
24 Oct 17
I do not have a luxury of separate room for writing.
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@allen0187 (58444)
• Philippines
24 Oct 17
I do not have a room like this but I'd settle for a writing corner.
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@dodo19 (47050)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
31 Oct 17
@lovebuglena I can get that. Laptops can get hot when you have them on your lap and such.
@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
31 Oct 17
@dodo19 Sometimes mine can get hot when I am using it on a dining room table. But the top of my dining room table is glass. Could that cause a laptop to get hot?
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
30 Oct 17
I sometimes love lying on the couch and being on my laptop. But for some reason when I use my laptop on my lap it gets pretty hot. On top and bottom of it there are some brown spots as if it's burned there.
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@eagletrek2 (5499)
• Kingston, New York
6 Nov 17
When I had a mobile home in Florida
I turn the bed room bathroom to a kind of office computer room ,there was a build in vanity in that
Bathroom, work perfect for a computer desk.
No bathtub in that bath room had land line and tv hook for old fashioned rabbit airs
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
23 Oct 17
No. Want you seek is a den.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
25 Oct 17
I hope that will happen. Maybe then I'd be writing more.
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@lovebuglena (43074)
• Staten Island, New York
24 Oct 17
That's great! Kind of like an arts and crafts room.
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@Genipher (5405)
• United States
24 Oct 17
Besides my lot, what kind of writing do you do? Are you hoping to be published one day...or have you been already?
I wrote, for a bit, at writing.com...but it took too much of my attention away from the kids. Perhaps when they're grown I'll get back to writing the Great American Novel.
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