A room of one's own
@eclecticsteve (253)
United States
November 25, 2007 2:34pm CST
Virginia Woolf gave a speech, which eventually became published as an essay entitled, "A Room of One's Own." in which she opined that writer's need a room of one's own. She was specifically referring to writer who are women, but this stance can be taken for all writers. I know most of us need a day job until we are financially rewarded to be able to write full time in the area of writing we wish to concentrate on. Personally, I realize that I'm not John Grisham writing my first novel on a commuter train. I ride a commuter train, but if I can get a seat, I tend to fall asleep. I try to squeeze in all my writing with spare time at home, including my days off. But just how limiting is the day job to furthering your writing career? How do you deal with it and how do you find time?
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@momincharge (94)
• United States
28 Nov 07
My current day job is full-time mom. One would think that would allow for great writing time but the reality is that a toddler requires constant attention and my older kids require me to do a ton of driving (think a minimum of two hours/days). In between I'm busy with little side jobs that bring in a bit of needed extra cash. By the time I find time to write I find I'm so exhausted I can't think clearly, much less write well. The answer for me is that my current situation makes it really tough for me to write and I'm not sure where to squeeze in extra time for it.
@Transformed (1259)
• United States
20 Sep 08
Nice to see a Virginia Woolf tribute. She truly is one of the most important writers of the 20th century, and I agree with her famous dictum of a woman needing "money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction" and I'm a man. Most of my writing is done in my bedroom.
