As others have already mentioned, I need music on headphones to drown out the other distractions. It can't be too loud either, or have compelling lyrics, or I start paying attention to it instead of my writing. I also need to care about what I'm writing about, or it doesn't "flow" well, and I have to drive myself to write.
Also needed: a nice, cold drink; my lurid purple-&-green beanbag snake; and all the reference materials I may need close to hand. The snake is long enough that I can use it to hold several books open at once, if necessary, to type in quotes, etc.
Although I guess it goes without saying, I also need my computer. I've gotten so used to things like cut-&-paste that when I was stuck the other day with paper & pencil, I found myself trying to drag-&-drop a paragraph with my pencil! Needless to say, it did not work... ;)
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Date: 18 Feb 2005 01:01 (UTC)Also needed: a nice, cold drink; my lurid purple-&-green beanbag snake; and all the reference materials I may need close to hand. The snake is long enough that I can use it to hold several books open at once, if necessary, to type in quotes, etc.
Although I guess it goes without saying, I also need my computer. I've gotten so used to things like cut-&-paste that when I was stuck the other day with paper & pencil, I found myself trying to drag-&-drop a paragraph with my pencil! Needless to say, it did not work... ;)