Creating a Great Writing Environment

Dave Herman (whose excellent blog is at ravingdaveherman.blogspot.com) was good enough to share how he creates a supportive writing environment--maybe some of these will work for you as well:

* I have a row of DVDs on my desk. They are the films I aim to emulate in my screenwriting.

 * I have pictures up on my wall of some of the (animated) characters that feature in the productions I'm currently working on.

 * I have a mock poster of one of the movies I'm currently writing.

 * I have sundry quotes up on index cards, one of favourites is from Anton Chekhov: "Don't tell me the moon is shining, show me the glint of light on broken glass."

 * I always have three or four very different kinds of books open on my desk, which I read when my computer needs to think.

 * And I have a couple of guitars handy just in case a tune comes up ...

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