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Toronto is full of libraries, all of which are regularly busy and filled with people working, reading and checking out books. To sit in a café, you need to buy something, and even if that’s just a few dollars on tea and a muffin, it adds up and doesn’t jive with my “ 10 Tips to Survive the Starving Artist Lifestyle.” If you have an old laptop with a lousy battery (like me), fighting others for outlets can be a problem. Though I sit in the quietest part of the café and wear earplugs, that often isn’t enough. Most cafes play music, but I like silence when I write. Leaving home tricks the brain into work mode. In public, I can’t stare off into space / talk to myself / nap or people will think I’m crazy. With a name like that, how could I not want to write there? Just down the street from me was one called Tequila Bookworm. I used to live on Queen West in Toronto, an artsy area where cafes are filled with artists on laptops.
So I went in search of places to write outside of the home. Okay, I only listed two downsides, but they are very serious productivity killing downsides. Oh look, those shelves need to be dusted, that book wants to be read, and my desk should be organized. Writing on the couch is never productive. No packing up my valuables when I need to pee. Unlimited snacks and good meals at a fraction of the price of a café. Don’t have to go outside during Canada’s six months of sub-zero weather. No need to wear proper clothes or apply makeup. Can roll out of bed and be working within five minutes. Others, like me, are still trying to find that mythical place where writing magic happens… Some writers have a home office, or a writing nook, or a favorite coffee shop. Though it’s technically true that writers can write anywhere as long as they have a laptop or a pen and paper, the right location matters.
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