Interesting.
I don't have anything that extreme - but I do sit at the head of the coffee table, with it pulled up until it overlaps the cushion of the couch. I then sit cross-legged and write away on my tablet. I have to scoot away the table to get out, which prevents me from getting up/down/up/down when I get frustrated or distracted.
I always have coffee on hand - and when the cup's empty I then get up, stretch my legs, and fix another cup.
Repeat.
Regarding getting turned on and dealing with it - it used to be quite a bit more difficult for me to maintain things, honestly. Sex addict will always need a good orgasm or 10 in a day. However, I've learned how to channel things accordingly which has improved my writing quite a bit.
So long as I have a cold drink and a clean desk, I'm a happy writer.
For me writing is not a singular thing. The poems I write and publish here are inspired by women (mostly here) and they come out as fast as I can write them down. Of course, compared to our good poets here, they are not all that good, but they are loving and that is what I am feeling anyway.
On more serious story writing, if I find the time it is a more careful process. I can come up with a lot of ideas and even have the outlines written in my mind already, but when I start to actually write them out, it is bound to undergo so much revision that I seldom publish them.
Finally, my main writing is in history and there the emphasis is on research. Once the facts are at my fingertips and I believe I understand what story they tell, it is easy to write them out. It takes me 7-10 years to research and write one.
So, in the case of poems I have to feel loved, that gets me singing.
In the case of stories, it is usually the same thing but more carefully constructed. Usually takes weeks to months.
In the case of books, it is the gathering of data the book will center around. That takes years.
But in ALL cases I must be powerfully in need to say something because of a specific inspiration. It is only in a very small number of cases that I publish it here--so far anyway.
That 'writing chair' is interesting. The idea of blocking out external stimuli is probably a good idea. I am absolutely terrible at this - when I write, I'm really undisciplined - music or TV on, random locations, usually laying on my stomach and propped up on my elbows on the bed or the floor, typing on my laptop, taking breaks, sometimes I'm drinking (etc), and sometimes dead sober.
When I edit, however, I get very serious - no noise - and I'm usually in a proper sitting position. I stick to coffee and Advil for those long hours.
Nothing really. I'll write anywhere.
I write in spurts.
I'll be in the store, at the gym, at work, and yes, even on the ole' toilet seat when inspiration flashes. So I fill my phone up with shit tons of notes, fragmented scenes that seem random at first, but come together when I get home or back to my computer or at least some paper and a writing instrument.
Got drunk once in college when I had to bust through a 30 page story in one night because I had to lie my ass off about not understanding when the due date was. Didn't particularly work, so I don't do that shit anymore.
When I write a specific scene though involving the elements (say rain, snow, sunshine, thunderstorm) I like those things to actually be happening when I write. It helps me describe the scene and kinda puts me in the correct element.
Since I am a night owl, I write in the light of a quivering eye (candle) setting my hot tea beside my darkening soul...maybe a bag of Cheetos also.
I've been doing a lot of writing in my lunch at work, so you'll see me wedged into a corner doing an impression of a meerkat whenever anyone comes near me. The problem is that I get engrossed and sometimes forget that I've got cock, tits, pussy and spunk metaphorically dripping down my screen. As such, I'm training myself to Alt-Tab whenever there's an unexpected noise.
i sit in the branches of a big oak tree, naked, with a blue crayon and a notebook.
You can’t truly call yourself peaceful unless you are capable of violence. If you’re not capable of violence, you’re not peaceful. You’re harmless.
How do I write?
Well, I write songs too and generally the music and lyric arrive at the same time... Writing prose for me is similar, in that Plot and Character generally arrive simultaneously.
I usually have the vaguest idea of where my plot is going, but invariably as my characters develop, the plot modifies and changes. I spend MUCH more time thinking about my characters then thinking about the plot. (If you've got characters you can INHABIT, the plot will follow.)
In many ways, like an actor, I FIND my characters and then let them tell me what they're doing. (This is really a fun way to write because I often am very surprised by where the story is going, BUT, if you have invested in your characters you'll find they generally make perfect sense!) What happens me a LOT though, is that I LOSE that sense of character (like forgetting a dream as soon as you wake up) and that can scupper the story... (Like most here, I have more than a dozen GREAT unposted/unfinished stories!)
I DO 'see' my stories and characters in my head, like a movie.
In terms of PHYSICALLY writing, I do have a writing desk. I smoke cigarettes and drink beer when I write. (The cigarettes calm my nerves and the alcohol buzz allows me to take chances. (Not all of which work!) I find writing a DEEPLY lonely pursuit and I NEVER know if what I'm writing is any good.
I don't really enjoy the writing process in that I find it laborious. (My brain works faster and is more NUANCED than I can write.) That can be frustrating. I HATE writing about sex because I find it hard to make it interesting and different each time. (This is where your characters can help because THEY do it THEIR way, not YOUR way...)
Generally, I'm quite pleased by what I post. (It always needs YET another edit! ALWAYS!) I LOVE when people are entertained/amused by it. I'm also often flattered so much that I'm humbled.
I'm a PRETTY good writer. (And I'm aware of the company I'm in here.) I often despair when I read others and think, "Oh! I could NEVER do that!" But then maybe I write in a way that make others think that? I dunno! Although I occasionally write pretty lines, I'm much more a story-driven writer in that I'm not a FLORID writer except by accident.
WHY do I write?
Because I can, really. (I have guitar-playing friends who constantly have a guitar in their hands and I write pretty much like that.)
xx Steph
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