Today is my first day back at my desk (well, my recliner and my laptop) since my wonderful week at The Rosemont College Writer's Retreat. I was very excited to get back to work after an intense week of readings, lectures and lessons on craft. I even woke up extra early without the help of the alarm clock. But when I walked into my living room to prepare myself for my writing day, I saw the detritus of eight days of neglecting my space in favor of concentrating on the retreat. Before I could even open up my laptop, I found myself compelled to empty out my backpack, file the papers I had amassed, get rid of the dirty dishes and empty the trash. I even found myself changing the sheets and vacuuming the rugs. It was then that I asked myself, "Is this procrastination?" I knew that it wasn't, because I had a ton of great feedback on my novel I wanted to work on. That was when I realized that I am one of those writers who needs a relatively clean, very neat and thoroughly organized environment in order to get my writing done. The lack of clutter frees me from the distraction and possible excuse for procrastination that a messy environment would provide. I know that not all writers are this way, and I would like to hear from the dissenters with different opinions.
So this is the first question: Which type of writer are you? Are you organized or do you need clutter?
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