6/29/2023 0 Comments Gothic by philip fracassi![]() ![]() There’s room for my laptop, a small stack of books, a candle, a succulent, and a tea cup-with enough space leftover for breathing room. It’s the other way around.”Īnd I followed his advice! My writing desk is fairly plain and mellow. After getting sober, King ditched the oak monstrosity for something more modest: “It starts with this: put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write, remind yourself why it isn’t in the middle of the room,” he writes. All the slab inspired was distraction it became a luxurous spot to get shitfaced and black out over his typewriter. He placed it in the center of his office and quickly learned that it was not the muse he’d hoped for. He recalls attaining such a desk early in his career, soon after he became a household name. In his youth, King fantasized about owning a desk so enormous it could command attention through its majesty alone. ![]() ![]() I read Stephen King’s On Writing years ago, and the thing that has stuck with me the most is not the writing stuff-it’s the value he puts on having a functional workstation. ![]()
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