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One's Company, Two's a Crowd:  Finding Your Writing Space

9/11/2014

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I type for a living.  No, not writing...at least not yet.  That's the goal though.  I work all day typing in my home office transcribing for doctors who can't pronounce medicines, who make up new adjectival forms of medical sounding words, and can't tell the difference between a metatarsophalangeal joint and metacarpophalangeal one.  It doesn't exactly give me the ambition to stay in said office and keep typing away during my free time in the same surroundings that I just spent hours making a doctor appear smarter than he is.  When it's time to write, I normally head for anywhere but my office.  A chair in the corner of the room, outside under the sun in a lawn chair, or even in bed.    
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Left:  A chair in the corner of the room kept guard by my dog, Poe.  Right:  The work space.
Recently the wife and I decided to buy a camper with the hopes of fixing it up (glamping, if you will).  As a bonus, I decided to use it for all my writing.  We went for a retro look and it screams the 70s.  A decade I think everyone seems to enjoy better than the current one.  An era most of us can really draw some great nostalgia from, those of us who were blessed enough to have lived through it.
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New writing space
It feels good to be out here in the Regal Beagle (I told you..we went full 70s).  It's a very solitary place.  Though I love my children with every part of me, it's difficult to give life to an idea while they cast their virtual spells in World of Warcraft, bring down the enemy via gunfire on the X-Box, argue, scream, ask a plethora of questions, and even laugh, which normally is the sweetest music to this writer's ears.  Out here I've found my sanctuary, my haven...and hopefully my muse.  With a bathroom, heat, AC, fridge, electricity, Wi-Fi, a place to nap, and even a telephone, who needs anything else?  The irony of it all is that when my kids are out here with me that's when it's the most fun.  I digress.

Poe's space...I think he'd be jealous of mine.
Looking around this retro haven of mine, I wonder what Poe would have written had he been sitting here.  I mean, the guy wrote some seriously dark stuff, but when you look at his writing area can you blame him?  If stories are a product of your surroundings, will my future writings all include bra-less roommates, buggy eyed landlords, and hairy, womanizing friends with the dialogue overflowing with innuendo where the kisses are hers, and hers, and his?

I doubt it.  Facebook offers enough gloom and doom in itself to keep one's imagination going. 

Announcement:  You can read my tear jerking tragedy of a story "Self-Immolation" in the new Shadows & Light #4 out right now, available in both Kindle and print.  Get that baby right here.
16 Comments
Dannie
9/11/2014 09:43:45 am

Okay. I'm a bit jealous.

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Chad
9/11/2014 10:57:50 pm

LOL...Sorry, had to flaunt it ;)

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Scout R.
9/11/2014 09:44:58 am

Haha! Loved Three's Company! I can't imagine your stories turning out as such, but if they do I'm sure they'll still be great!

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Chad
9/11/2014 10:58:51 pm

Thank you, Scout!

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Walt W.
9/11/2014 10:15:41 am

Oh you'll be pumping out the stories now, my friend!

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Chad
9/11/2014 10:59:16 pm

I sure hope so ;) Thanks, Walt!

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C.C. Drake
9/12/2014 12:01:32 am

To "get away," I've seen some write in the middle of a public place (library, coffee shop). That's not for me. I use my office.

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Chad
9/12/2014 02:18:08 am

I love to people watch too much. No way I could write in a place like that.

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John K.
9/12/2014 12:40:34 am

I can do nothing unless my surroundings are organized. If not, then I'm completely unproductive. Good on you for the new writing area!

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Chad
9/12/2014 02:18:42 am

Thanks, John!

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Tams
9/12/2014 06:05:34 am

Great piece Chad!

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Chad
9/13/2014 12:30:41 am

Thank you, Tams!

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Tom Wesley
9/13/2014 02:35:52 am

Loved all the punny puns in here. I can hear the wah, wah now!

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Chad
9/14/2014 01:10:22 am

Thanks, Tom!

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Kev Pax
9/13/2014 08:51:17 am

Amazing writing space. Heck, my friend, you can do all kinds of stuff in that space. Have fun with it!

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Chad
9/14/2014 01:10:47 am

I sure can. It's been a great time! Thanks!

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