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These is a good writing space because it has windows and bright light.

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I like this workspace because it is organized and has a soft chair

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I do my homework in my room.

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I like this space because  there is a lot of space for you'r note books pencils.

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I like writing at my desk and listening to cafe music.

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I like this spot because I could look outside and I would like that because it helps me think and I can here the birds and the wind.

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You won't get distracted and you are outside in the fresh air.

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I like writing here.

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i like reading here in my basement couch,because it is quiet here.

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I like this space because he has space to move his computer to grab paper work.

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What I like about this is the ladder too the book shelves and the round desk

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I like this writing space because it is neat. It is neat because everything is in order.

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I like this writing space because it is neat. It is neat because everything is in order.

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I like this space because when it's nice out and you feel the urge to write a book you don't want to be stuck inside. So you can be outside when it's nice.

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I liked this picture b/c it's cool and it's a two person work space. There's little cubbies that you can put things in. There's a lot of light which I like and there's pretty colors. It's also really neat.

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I like this writing space because it is neat and pretty. It also has a nice view from the window.
I would take away the cell phone so that it doesn't distract me.

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I like this space because it has a window and it is clean.
I would like to add pencils.

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I like this space because it has the Eiffel Tower. A comfy seat. It has paper to write on and flowers.

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I like that it has a computer.
I like that it has a comfy chair.
I like that it has a printer.

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i like this work space because it is cool and because it has a nice view

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Finding a Room of One's Own

I sat at the table where J K Rowling in 1995, wrote her first Harry Potter book,Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

I have to say I felt unseemly.

Most of us who love the Harry Potter books, know the story: by her own admission, Rowling was "as poor as it is possible to be in modern Britain, without being homeless."

A single mother, Rowling would come every morning to the little coffee shop, the Elephant House, to write her book about her budding wizard.

She had a favorite table. It was by a window that looked out onto Edinburgh Castle. It is the table where my friend, Janie , is pictured.

But most importantly, according to Rowling, there was a space heater to the left of the window where she could park the stroller so her baby could keep warm during the winter months. The heater is still there. I have a feeling the elephant on the ledge is a new addition.

Rowling would work there every morning, nursing a single cup of coffee or tea so she could hold on to her writing spot.

That's a story of hardship that flew in the face of the modernist, Virginia Woolf's advice. In her 1929 extended essay, A Room of One's Own, Woolf wrote that in order for a woman to write fiction she must have two things: a room of her own (with key and lock) and enough money to support herself.

J K Rowling had neither. She had a coffee shop and an occasional welfare check.

Since 1995, the seven Harry Potter books have been been a commercial and critical phenomenon. Yet, the Elephant House continues to retain its original British-Bohemian charm. That's so very British: not to be overly proud by success. If the Elephant House had been in America, by now, it would have become an amusement park.

Besides a photo-montage of Rowling and a bathroom dedicated to fans (where they are encouraged to write Harry Potter - centric graffiti) ,the Elephant House has no vestiges of a "tourist trap" although the place, I am told, is often mobbed with an international array of pilgrims coming to the place of Rowling's imaginative conception.

The breakfast was delightful, the view was exceptional, but why was I feeling unseemly at that special table? I suppose it was because I was trespassing. This was not my world of writing, it was another's. It was another's story, not my own.

And while I don't agree with Ms. Woolf, that your room must have a lock and key (probably, in Woolf's day it was because of pesky husbands and nosy chambermaids), I do believe you must find a safe place of your own.

That location is where you can be creative and where you can make your work acceptable to a reader-audience. There is no story. It's only a soliloquy, unless you have an audience. And the way to get to that engagement with an audience is a to find a place where you can love the message of your story and love your audience. That's the room around you as well as the room within you.

As I sat at J K Rowling's table, I had an epiphany, not only for myself, but an epiphany for all my fellow writers.

Yes, sometimes, we see greener grass and read about another author's life and it seems so delicious. But that is not our way. And yes, we can mirror methods of Maya Angelou, Mark Twain, and J D Salinger; but our method must be unique onto ourselves.

What is special about each storyteller is not only the story itself but the voice of the teller.

Over the years working in the Hollywood movie studios, managing thousands of writers on hundreds of movies, I have known intimately the ebbs and flows of the creative process. So often, the writers I worked with suppressed their nuanced voice to allow form to dominate.

Those writers looked to other people's success or other movies that worked to find the way into the magic, but there is very little magic in mimicry. Their project became "canned" or manufactured.

My epiphany at J K Rowling's table involved the call for all of us to remember that we must cultivate our own special voice. That voice is a product of many factions: our life experiences, our education (and research), our unique genetic memory, and our burning concerns in the society in which we currently live.

It is important for each of us to find our own way to that voice. My favorite quote of these last years is from Spanish poet, Antonio Machado.

"There is no road. The road is made by walking."

Each of us must find his or her own table. One's own chair. Or hammock. Or footstool. Or rock. If that is the spot where we can love our message and love our audience, then, I believe we have found our home.

For the last seven years I have been working on a revisionist collection of novels on Merlin, the wizard. I have spent months in Scotland, Ireland,

Britain, and Wales discovering what we believe to have been his world. I have found it by trekking through remnant archeology from what history now calls Sub-Roman Britain (235-593).

It has been a tough but meaningful slog. Of course, Merlin is associated with magic. And magic is what the seven Potter books are all about. Perhaps, the day I stepped through the door at the Elephant House, I was looking for some kind of mojo from that spot of imaginative conception that would rub off on me and the Merlin project. But I found no magic there. I was a tourist or, worse, a trespasser on someone else's property. All I really found was some nice eggs and toast and good conversation with my friend, Janie.

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Finding a Room of One's Own I sat at the table where J K Rowling in 1995, wrote her first Harry Potter book,Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. I have to say I felt unseemly.

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This is Cressida Cowell. She wrote How to Train your dragon series. I like that it's in a garden. I like that it only takes her 10 seconds to get there. I like that the walls are covered in illustrations. Her tip is to always keep a notebook around.

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i like this space because it has a lamp and computer so i can type and see my paper.

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I like that it's blue
I like that there is a computer and printer
I like that there are books
I like the window lighing

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I like this picture because it looks like my writing space. It has a good view of outside. It has 2 chairs and I like working next to my mom at the table.

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I like this writing space because it looks quiet.
Some tools that will keep in handy are
1:post-its.
2:reading notebook.
3:pencil.

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I like this writing space because it is not to dark and not to light and the tables not to big but its not to small either. and it has drawers to store things in.

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I like this space because it is organized and I like that there's a light so you can see what your writing.

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it has a great view and it has a lot of light. it looks very relaxing.

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I like this writing spot because it's outside and it would be bright because sun is coming in through the sides.  It's also probably really quiet, but with some background noises from animals and nature.
(This is where Neil Gaiman writes - he wrote the book Cinnamon - I think it is in our school library!)

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I like this space because it is peace and queit so I can work.

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I like that it is bright and quiet. It has windows and doors to get fresh air.

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i think its good because its not messy and it is a good spot to write

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I choose this because it has a clean space to work, computer,books,and it is small.So that space has all the qualities that i need

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I like that he has a spinning chair. And a big writing stand.

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This is Kathyrn Lasky's study. It is a good place to write because it has a lot of inspiration.

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I like this writing desk because it is clean and cozy. I think it used to be a closet and I like that because my dad built one like this at my house. I would get lots of reading and writing done at this space because it’s private.

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It has a cool bookshelf, a unique desk shape, and it would inspire me to write.

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I like this space because it looks like there is no distractions.

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I like this space because it has a lot of light and a view. I also like it because it's cozy.

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I like this space because it is pet friendly and it has everything the author needs close.

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I like this space because neat and organized. And it’s not distracting.

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I like this writing space because of the beautiful view. I also like it because I won't be distracted by anything.

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I love the cat because She/he looks so soft. I like to feel soft and comfortable while I'm working.

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I like my writing placement because it is a great way for me to feel free and focused on my own work

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I like to work next to a window and I like to work on a desk.

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This is a very good writing space because it is a quiet working space. Also its not messy.

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This is a good writing space because it is not messy. And it also has no distractions.

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I like this space because it is nice and clean. it has a chair that looks comfy. it has colorful writing tools.