Where’s your favorite place to write?
Does your writing space help you be productive and stay organized?
If you need some inspiration, check out the writing spaces and environments of these famous artists, writers and storytellers.
1. E.B. White, author
Sometimes all you need is a comfortable desk with a view of the outdoors for inspiration. (Ideally, near a farm with plenty of interesting animals, including a few spiders.)
2. Jane Austen, author
This table may be tiny, but it supported the creation of her later works, including Emma, Persuasion, and a revision of Pride and Prejudice.
3. Mark Twain, author
When you’re struggling to write, sometimes taking a break can help get your creative juices flowing. Perhaps a game of pool would inspire some ideas?
4. Nigella Lawson, chef and food writer
When you’re looking for inspiration, having all your favorite books within arm’s reach certainly can’t hurt.
5. Steve Jobs, inventor
Jobs was well-known minimalist. He described one home by saying, “All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo.”
6. Virginia Woolf, author
This simple desk and chair overlooking the outdoors were ideal for writing, at least in the summer. Woolf noted that this converted toolshed was so cold in the winter that she couldn’t hold a pen!
7. Tina Fey, author and comedian
Were you wondering about the workspace that may have inspired 30 Rock, Mean Girls or Bossypants?
8. Chip Kidd, book cover designer
Many artists find their creative inspiration in other books, authors and stories.
9. George Bernard Shaw, playwright
Keep it simple with a typewriter, a clean white desk and a small window in a private place. That last one was key for Shaw, who once confessed, “People bother me. I came here to hide from them.”
What’s your favorite place to write?