Building A Writer S Shed
So what would it be like.
Building a writer s shed. Camouflaged and nestled into a modest residential garden the writers shed provides an isolated workspace for a creative writer. As jk rowling gets planning permission to construct a summer house inspired by hagrid s hut we round up five of the best writer s sheds. But i ve stood inside the replica that sits by walden pond and i have to say it s a great writing shed even by modern standards. Dry cozy with near pristine views of the pond it would also be a great place to take a nap.
As a detached and flexible workspace the writer s shed provides an intimate private space to recoup reflect and recharge the imagination. Writing shed lets you create multiple versions of a text without having to create a new name for each. Michael pollan wrote a book about building his writer shed a place of my own. Build collections of texts for sharing printing submitting.
There s just one problem. I am a writer not a master carpenter. You can build plot character and location outlines for novels and short stories. Virginia wolf had a shed in sussex where she worked in the summers.
Take a look inside the hideouts which have inspired. The outbuilding sits in the seldom utilised back corner of the block located in a leafy residential suburb in melbourne s south east. Usually there will be several versions of each poem scene story.