Ideal Writing Environment?

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I was just curious, and I'd like to know what everyone's ideal writing environment is. Music, or no? Solitude? Etc.
Personally, I can't write when I hear others speaking in real life, but I can tolerate hearing voices coming from a television, which is kind of strange, but... I prefer to write in my bedroom, TV off, door closed, and maybe some ambient music playing. Or classical. But no music that's really harsh and with words. Well, I would listen to harsh music if I was writing a scene like that. And I find I can get more writing done at night.
Anyhow, so tell me, what's your ideal writing environment?
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A place near my family, but kinda out of the way. No interruptions. I must have music. Upbeat but not too fast. People talking is okay, as long as they're quiet. And no one can watch me!
Yeah, that's me.
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Someplace where I'm not in the way, I'm not surrounded by noise, and I can listen to my music. Usually that's the kitchen table, although sometimes (like now) the siblings are running around the house and I can't think.
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I usually always listen to music when I'm writing. But then again, I can write anywhere with noise or silence.

I've written in a rowboat while it was in the middle of a pond, out in the bush beneath a tree with the song birds, or even in a moving vehicle. Whenever I'm in the mood, I will write :D
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Somewhere that is as silent as the grave. *Turning the page of a book-BOOM! Son of a gun! That was a gunshot!*

That's happened to me before. :D

The rhythmic patter of rain also makes reading easier for me. Lightning and thunder is great when reading a horror novel. Be sure and keep candles handy in case of a power outage. :P
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I have to write somewhere alone, with music playing. Usually I write at my best when it's one or two in the morning, for some reason.
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I'm pretty specific.
So, if I'm writing in my room, everything has to be neat, clean, and perfectly lit--not dim, at ALL.
But I prefer writing at Starbucks, or cafes, or window seats. I like it to be raining; it gives me more inspiration than if not.
I have to have low music on, too. Happy, sad, it'll just go on shuffle and change the moods of my writings. And, yeah. That's me ^^
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Infront of a computer after dinner and in the evening. -- Perhaps a touch of music. :)




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I tend to write longhand, so a notebook is a must. Music has to be playing, and I have to be alone. Everyone I know is either too nosy, or they want to be in the story, or both. Nosy people does not a happy writer make.
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Usually I've got my writing book, pencils, my mp3 player, my Netbook, and an MP3 player, and then pretty much anywhere is fine for me after that. Oh yeah, I also like to have some sort of toy to fiddle with for when I have writers block; slinky, yoyo, even a little stuffed animal. Something to make me feel childish and forget the piece for a little while with some old fashioned fun.
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Just before sunrise. Very tidy, spacious desk. Fast music. Internet turned off. Dark chocolate on standby.
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I can write almost anywhere. But I prefer longhand (have been known
to write in charcoal or using just the lead of a mec. pencil).

I'm a perfectionist when it comes to penmanship though. I will rewrite
something by hand until I'm satisfied.



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