A small snag

[Gnome]

I cannot write unless im alone

Does anyone else have this problem?  It drives me insane when i even THINK someones watching me write and i cant function properly.  As a result, i cant write anything at all until everyone else is out of the house.  That leaves me a very short window of time to get anything done.  Any solutions?  or do i just deal with it?   Help?


The Gnome

[fairyfreak]

Um,  lock yourself in the bathroom?   Ok, ok, it can be a non-toilet room.   

[eviladam]

I feel your pain. I live with my brother and his gf and my brother is, well franklly a prick. He mocks me a lot about my writing which he assures me is bad, so in the interest of my sanity I only write when he's gone or sleeping which leaves me with a short window as well, unless I wanted to give up things like eating and sleeping and showering.

[CynDe]

I would take a notebook to someplace like the library, or a laptop to a coffee shop and work there. No one will care what you are doing; you can write in anonymous bliss.

[Gnome]

Thanks guys, those are good ideas.  Now to go find a cafe.

[eviladam]

Even when the house is quiet enough for me to get some writing done I usually manage to just goof off any way. Like take now for example, I could be working but I'm not.

[Tasmin21]

Worse than your predicament.... I find that I do my best writing when I'm supposed to be doing something else.  ie: When I'm at work, surrounded by people, and should be intently scrutinizing loan files   I'm so gonna get fired someday.

[blgarver]

Thanks guys, those are good ideas.  Now to go find a cafe.

I find I do best at a good old fashioned greasy spoon diner, where you can sit for as long as you want on a bottomless cup of coffee.  I have settled in at Perkins, at Table 71 that's in the corner AND blocked off from the rest of the dining room by a partition of wall behind both booths.  I also Like Borders Bookstore here in town, only they have no bottomless coffee and it's expensive when I work for 5 or 6 hours.  But I think the energy of a bookstore helps, being surrounded by all the works of other people.

I've never been able to write at home, because that's my place for relaxing, not productivity.  It's just the wrong vibe.  However, I am getting an apartment by myself at the beginning of May, so maybe the lack of roommates will help. 

[blgarver]

I feel your pain. I live with my brother and his gf and my brother is, well franklly a prick. He mocks me a lot about my writing which he assures me is bad, so in the interest of my sanity I only write when he's gone or sleeping which leaves me with a short window as well, unless I wanted to give up things like eating and sleeping and showering.

What a jerk, no offense.  But you know, maybe your bro is just jealous of you because you have a hobby and a dream, and a talent.

[eviladam]

None taken. I could not agree more.