This seems like a great idea for those who have a business separate from their writing. Although I do have a home-based business, I don’t use my desk to work on that, so my computer desk (I don’t have a laptop, so can’t go anywhere else anyway) is where I do my best work. Occasionally I will take a notebook and pen and just sit on the couch and scribble. Or I may take it to the laundry room with me. But for the most part it’s my desk. There was a time when I did all my writing on paper first, then typed it onto the computer. I’m so glad I have learned to simply sit at the computer and type away. It’s so much easier, to say nothing of time saved, when I don’t have to puzzle over my sometimes nearly illegible scribble.

If you’re an outdoor-type, perhaps you could take your laptop to a quiet park. I love to stroll through parks with gardens and I always take along my camera. Maybe if I had a laptop I could get inspired in a place like that to write, too – sitting on a bench, listening to the birds sing and the bullfrogs call to each other. I did do quite a bit of writing (by hand) a few years ago while flying out west and back, just describing the pictures I saw in the clouds. An elderly lady sitting next to me asked if I was writing a book. I wasn’t, but did end up using much of it in my novel though at the time had no such intention. So, I guess wherever you are comfortable and inspired is the best place to write.

I love the quiet park idea. Thing is my laptop battery doesn’t last that long that’s why I need a place to plug. I’m getting myself used to working on my ipad so I can be more flexible as to where I can work. I do like to write by hand sometimes, and that allows me to write anywhere. But only the kind of writing where I let my ideas flow. When I’m working on my book, it has to be on my desktop or laptop computer.