/lit/ - Literature

>>7073879
I'm living in a tiny room away from all my support networks while writing my novel and I really can't recommend it.

If you've never experience solitude then go for it but don't expect it to be a huge epiphany unless you're one of those girls with 500 likes on their facebook profile pic.

>>7073894
But what if the real estate is at a really swell location?

>>7073919
On /lit/
Looking at real estate
>something smells fishy

>>7073919
Doesn't really impact my opinion. Visiting wonderful places can be great for you, but they aren't necessarily the best places to work. Just figure out what allows you to practice the most and do that with most of your time and travel to beautiful places when you want.

I genuinely enjoy how stating that you're writing a novel in a shitty room away from everyone you know doesn't raise a single eyebrow on /lit/.

People usually turn weird when they are isolated for a long time. The human mind is not built for this shit.

All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy.

It will certainly help you write a hell of a lot more. You might still be a shitty writer though. Personally I'd try and live near where you are writing about if you can. Not much point in living in a shotgun shack in Alaska if you want to write about New York City.

Really though you just need time and focus. If you can find a way to live while writing and researching for 8 hours a day then go for it. I would say the biggest problem of complete isolation is that you won't get any feedback which is very important, especially in the beginning when you don't know what you are trying to do. Also boredom and depression which are almost inevitable if you go full Walden.

I think you can get the value of isolation without the downsides though. If you just wrote 4,000 words a day for a month in the woods you'd have a pretty good draft to take with you and at the very least a lot of good ideas to work with.

Shit, even two weeks of 5,000 words would get you a full draft. That's not too difficult to do.

>>7073879
it depends on what your source of creativity is. If you are so moved by tiny details, and solidarity provides you with the inspiration and discipline to write, then yes. However, if you draw your inspiration from social happenings and funny quirks that people have, living away from others may hinder the ability to describe accurately what you want. good luck opie

>>7074309
>a shotgun shack in Alaska
shotgun shacks are urban houses you moron. very long and narrow 1 floor houses on small lots in urban neighborhoods

one of my professors did this and everything she wrote was complete shit and she wasn't even productive.