How To Make the Perfect Writing Area
Posted: Thursday, November 19, 2009
by Scott Ranzau
As most writers know, finding a place to write where you feel inspired and relaxed can be difficult. Your brain plays a key part in finding a harmonious area in which to exercise your inspirational stories. The right brain focuses more on keeping your senses occupied while the left side focuses on your creativity. When you set up your writing area, you want to keep this in mind. Less clutter in your writing area will help your left-brain or creative side focus more and keep your right brain from feeling as cluttered as your writing area.
Once you have determined the amount of auditory stimulation you want or need you next have to focus on the visual stimulation in your writing area. The color scheme of your area can determine your creativity. The color scheme can change, though, depending on your mood and what you want to write about. Make sure that your color schemes can be considered temporary so you can change them with your moods and ideas. You can hang colorful curtains, place colorful items on the desk in front of you or simply have color mood lighting. The possibilities are only limited to your imagination.
Now that you have determined the amount of auditory and visual stimulation, you next have to concentrate on the tactile stimulation of your writing area. Think about what you want your body to feel as you write your inspirational story. Do you prefer paper and pen or writing on a computer? Do you prefer a thick cushy leather chair or a straight back wood one? If you want lots of tactile stimulation, try writing with pen and paper in a big stuffed chair. If you want your mind to be more stimulated, try using a computer to jot down your ideas. Use any combination of tactile stimulation in your writing area that suits you best in your creativity.
The scent in the air can affect the creative juices also. You might want to dress up your writing area with scented candles if you prefer scents or make sure your writing area has fresh clean air if you think scents will distract you. Whatever strikes your fancy. Sometimes writers feel like they need to eat when writing. If this describes you, be careful about how much you eat and what you are eating. Candy and caffeine make you hyper and makes it difficult to think or concentrate, try, instead, eating fruits and vegetables or drinking tea.
Try different ideas in your writing area to determine what works best for you. These ideas might even help with writers block because once you have the right setting in your writing area, ideas will come more quickly. Try some or all of these ideas in your writing area and see what creative ideas spring forth from your fingertips.
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More commentsHi Scott,Good article. It has helped me decide that I am going to move to Alaska to find the space I need to write!Welcome to SearchWarp.Mark
Great article. Well done.Some great advice that as I writer I should follow. Perhaps, taking on the huge mess of my desk would be a start.
Good article, Scott. It's been very useful to me and informative. Good luck in your writing pursuits. All the best!
Yes, people and writer are different. There are writers who needs to write standing in front of a high flat surface. Personally, I like silence. Order is not important because I tend to isolate myself from the outside world.
So a laptop on my lap in front of the telly is not conducive to good writing? Good article.
Thanks for your tips which I find them useful.
Being a writer, I can identify with your article. Thanks for the input.
Hi Scott. Very informative and helpful to me. Thank you for sharing a well-written piece. Best regards, ~Nenita~
Great Article Scott!Love the scented candles idea, that's exactly what I do in the winter, then in the summer I love the nature center for writing.Thanks,Krystalina
some really great ideas, Scott, thanks for taking the time to write this.
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