A question for my fellow writers.

[gridlore]

As I take a break from the tedious task of converting Classic Traveller UWPs to GURPS Traveller info strings for the project I'm working on, this occurred to me.

I can't write without noise. I need music, the TV, something around me or I can't write a word. I also need munchies and a Coke.

So how do you other writers work? What environment do you require?

Comments

[collie13.livejournal.com]

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... ;)