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For those of you who may be new to my blog, I’ll let you in on a little secret.
I am completely head over heels in love with all things beach, sun, sand and extremely hot weather.
So when this assignment asked for what my ideal writing setting is, you don’t need to be a mind-reader to know what I’m going to say, but I’ll say it anyway.
My ideal writing setting involves my laptop, dangerously balanced on my outstretched legs at 5:00 AM, sitting in a lounge chair on the balcony perched above the beach where I can people watch on vacation. Besides, a steaming mug of Yaucono coffee, the quiet sounds of the early morning and the entire day ahead of me with nothing on the agenda, I don’t need much else as equipment or supplies.
Below is all the writing inspiration I need.
Edits to whatever I may have drafted that morning are done at the end of the day on that same balcony, sometimes with a glass of local sangria as I listen to local internet radio.
Unfortunately, whenever the “dream” ends, my everyday writing setting is shockingly different.
These days, instead of writing at night, my writing setting involves 30 minutes on my lunch hour, at my work station as I eat my lunch, with earphones plugged into my cell and speed typing away at a draft post in Evernote on a horribly tiny keyboard that I bought for my Samsung Tab 7″. Multitasking at its maximum.
The limited time forces the ideas out into a first draft and then I may spend a maximum of 45 minutes “massaging” out the kinks before saving it as a draft or posting it on WP the same evening. This is all usually done on my laptop, in bed, with either the television or my favorite music as background noise or inspiration.
In both settings, I don’t need much besides a little inspiration.
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I use Evernote as well! 🙂 I like the quotes that you post on writing. Inspirational. And I like funny ‘cleaning home’ stories as well 😀
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Thanks Arpita! It will be interesting to see the tally of the poll! 🙂
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Yes, it will be. 🙂
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I would have chosen a location like that too.. Good post. Now i’ll go and take a poll
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👍 Thanks for reading!
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I think you would love to visit here in the Philippines because it’s really hot in here! 🙂 I love those photos and it was nice of you to share to us your detailed writing habit. 😀
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Thanks for reading! And you? Where do you write?
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Aside from my not-so-physical answer in my post, I write here in my office. Haha! I have no internet connection at home so I do my writing in-betweens my PR writing tasks here . 😀
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I love that first image, I would love love LOVE to be able to write in such a lovely place.. but real life and fantasy are very very different 😛 I end up writing on the living room couch at midnight or later, with a cup of tea and the baby monitor on the table next to me >.<
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You are so good and “bubbly” at writing! I truly envy you (green face with jaundiced eyes)…All the best.
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Don’t give up! Post a question on the Commons about your experience and see what happens!
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What a lovely view for writing! I’d probably end up sitting on the balcony, staring out to the sea, and not writing 🙂 I did the poll too. The beach theme of the poll’s really nice; it goes well with your post about the dream space. How’d you do that?
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Thanks! For some reason I can’t do other blogger’s polls from my cell so I will revisit tonight from my laptop!
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Beautiful pictures and I really like reading your space to write 🙂
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Thanks so much!
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Lovely post. Difficult to find the ideal space. With me it changes. I do like quiet, a decent but not necessarily comfortable chair and sensible table.
All the best. Kris.
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All the best to you too!
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I love your idea of the perfect setting for writing, wouldn’t that be bliss! I had a job with trying to do a poll for my future posts as well, as I am so random!
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Yes, I wish it could be “beach” ideal all the time but…😕
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I am SO jealous of where you get to write your blogs! That would explain how they’re so inspiring and awesome! It would be great to know more about where you live? What you love the most? How you’d describe it etc? Lovely post!
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Thanks but don’t be jealous! I only have this San Juan view a few times a year on vacation! I’m a Montrealer, born and bred. One of these days I’ll write a post about all the great Montreal stuff…😊
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Amazing! It’s so inspiring going to other places to write isn’t it? Definitely would love to read about Montreal!
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Soon! 🙂
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Done voting and good luck 🙂
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Cool, thanks!
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Nice place you have too 🙂
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That’s the view ONLY while on vacation a couple times a year. I WISH that it was all year ’round! 😊
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Haha, yeah I feel for you 😀
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That view of the beach from that outdoor patio looks divine! And a glass of sangria sounds delicious right now.
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😄
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