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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 04:43 PM
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If my current writing project doesn't work, I'm blaming the pets...
... and Mr. Writer.

I am in my office now, the doors closed, with my "set up": my laptop to my left, and my desktop before me. By God, if my cat walks by the french doors one more time, meowing his head off, I am going to flay him. My dog is fine, that is, until he gets bored and starts chasing the cat. And when Mr. Writer returns home he has little ways - sometimes big ways - of distracting me from the task at hand.

:argh:

So now I have a vision: a little writing hut in a field or a cluster of trees away from civilization. There NOTHING can bother me. Yet I wonder then - would that make me crazy? Maybe I should chuck my computer and use a standard typewriter. Would that make me like the Unibomber? Hrmmm...
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BarenakedLady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 04:48 PM
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1. Ah yes
I usually blame the man and/or the furry creatures (sometimes one in the same) for all of life's shit/distractions/obstacles whathaveyou.

Good luck on your writing in any event.
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miss_american_pie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 05:28 PM
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2. Oh you need a writing hut
Have you seen the March/April issue of Poets & Writers?
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 06:03 PM
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3. No I certainly haven't...
what did it cover?
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miss_american_pie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 06:05 PM
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4. Why writers need writing huts
:D
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Writer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 06:06 PM
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5. NO!
Are you kidding? I need to check this out.
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miss_american_pie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 06:07 PM
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6. Dead serious
Also reviewed a few writer's retreats.
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Sep-18-06 06:15 PM
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7. Would this be considered another distraction?
I mean all this effort over a writer's hut when the actual writing isn't getting done... It's a vicious circle, no?
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