Comments on: Vertical or Horizontal?

By: The Compulsive Reader

The Compulsive Reader — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 03:58:30 +0000

I’m always in bed or on a couch, but I have one of those stupid lap desks for my laptop, which totally defeats the purpose of a LAPtop. So, I usually try not to be seen with it.

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:25:59 +0000

In bed, always. Although I do often fall asleep. It is interesting to read how other people write.

By: EC

EC — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 21:14:11 +0000

Horizontal, def. In bed, well-propped by pillows into semi-recumbency, w/ laptop. I started this after a back episode and kept on even after the injury improved.

By: Tanya Paperny

Tanya Paperny — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 17:21:58 +0000

I need to be seated upright, brightly-lit room (ideally with natural sunlight, not crappy fluorescents), good lumbar-supporting chair, etc. Writing is work, not play, and I need to be in a comfortable yet engaged position. I also need almost total silence (coffee shops are a nay) so I can hear myself think and not feel shy to read out loud.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:07:55 +0000

I mostly write sitting in bed usually in longhand first, in a notebooks, then eventually with my laptop on my lap. Like Kerry, I don’t have a desk in my apartment so I have to make do with what I have

By: Kerry

Kerry — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 02:24:40 +0000

What a neat concept! I’d never really thought of how I am physically positioned when writing. I guess mostly I’m in my bed with my laptop on my lap, but that’s due in large part to my tiny Astoria apartment with no room for a desk. I also write a lot at work when I get in early or leave late, and that’s at a “normal” desk. But I hate my keyboard there, which makes it trickier…

By: Therese

Therese — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 22:03:40 +0000

Sitting in a cafe in a one of those cushy chairs with my legs propped up, writing longhand in a notebook, a chai latte close to hand, and hip music playing. That’s the ideal, but it’s usually more like propping my toddler on one knee sitting scrunched up on a chair in front of a cabinet that doubles as a desk in our bedroom, typing.

By: SX Brase

SX Brase — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:20:25 +0000

I’m with Lovelyn–I wrote a good deal of my novel while stretched out on a couch, laptop on my legs. Window open, because that puppy can get warm.

By: Tracer

Tracer — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:33:21 +0000

Keeping the heat down to save money has made writing in bed very appealing, despite the occasional drowsiness. In the summer I move to a lawn chair in the back yard. Writing standing up? Can’t imagine it.

By: Lovelyn

Lovelyn — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:34:07 +0000

What an interesting post! I like to write lying on the sofa with my laptop balanced on my knees. I fine that I’m most productive that way but sometimes my hands start to hurt and I have to move back to the desk and my ergonomic keyboard.