8 Famous Authors’ Favorite Spots to Get Inspiration to Write

As writers, we have unique sources of inspiration, and one of those is our favorite spot, where it exudes so much joy and peace for us.

Whenever I have alone time and ideas come to mind, I jot down notes. I write wherever I take my phone and use Notes.

I have my workstation at home. Fortunately, we moved into a spacious place. The space is very conducive to a writer confined at home because of the pandemic.

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Going outdoors is fun and brings so much joy, especially for writers who always seek inspiration. I have been to some places and have written something in every spot I set foot in.

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The sunset has so many stories to tell. Almost every writer has a paragraph or two describing how the sky's hue, with the sun's apparent descent below the horizon, captivated their entire being.

Like you and me, famous writers also have their favorite spot where they can fully immerse themselves in their work and forget about the outside world.

I will feature 8 famous writers whom I like. You can also share the writers you love and their favorite place to lose themselves in oblivion and be the best storyteller they already are.

Here are the 8 Famous Authors and Their Favorite Spot to Write

STEPHEN KING

King is one of the best horror writers of all time. Though I read his book On Writing, I still cringe whenever I pick up his horror and supernatural books because I know I would be wide awake all night. But before he got famous, he was once a struggling English Teacher living in a trailer with his wife.

King was poor back then and couldn’t afford his typewriter. He used his makeshift desk pinned between their dryer and washing machine.

King locked himself in a cramped laundry room to do his writing. From that spot, he wrote his first hit novel, Carrie. It wasn't a fancy spot, though, or a comfortable one, but he could finish his Writing.

It's about perspective and finding a location that suits you best.

* Not the real trailer home of Stephen King, only an inspiration

PAULO COELHO

A famous Brazilian author. Coelho writes wherever because that is what he loves doing.

When he was 35, he wrote Veronika Decides to Die after being locked in an asylum, when his parents were desperate because he wanted to be a writer. Coelho was locked in a mental institution three times.

But the novel The Alchemist made him famous, and his career blossomed from there and became unstoppable.

*an inspiration of asylum

NICHOLAS SPARK

An American Novelist who published 21 novels and two non-fiction books. One of his masterpieces that moved me was The Notebook, and the movie adaptation did justice to the book.

He works from home because his office is somewhere in his house in New Bern, a small town in North Carolina.

He writes with the TV on. He always has it turned on. He doesn't want to watch anything new; he watches TV series or movies he has already seen multiple times. He uses it as background white noise while he writes.

* Photo was taken from Nicholas Sparks' Facebook Account

RICK RIORDAN

He tells aspiring writers to find what must be written. To quote one of his interviews, "When you find it, you will know because the subject matter won't let you go. It is not just enough to write simply because you think it must be neat to be published. You have to be compelled to write because nothing else you do matters if you are not."

He leaves home at times and learns to appreciate what he knew. He stays home, more often than not, to write, and he has many reasons, simply because he loves writing.

*image from flagstaff(.)com

JK ROWLING

Who doesn't know the author of Harry Potter? "It's no secret that the best place is in a cafe," The famous author says. "You don't have to make your coffee, and you don't have to feel like you're in solitary confinement." It is known that "The Birthplace of Harry Potter" was at The Elephant House in Edinburgh.

*taken from Facebook page

DAN BROWN

The famous author of The Da Vinci Code, Angels & Demons, Digital Fortress, and other bestsellers. When asked about the inspiration for his writing during one interview, he said he's already at his desk by 4:00 A.M. He feels like he's missing his most productive hours if he starts later than that.

In addition to starting early, he keeps an antique hourglass on his desk and takes brief hourly breaks to do push-ups, sit-ups, and quick stretches. To quote him, "I'm also a fan of gravity boots. Hanging upside down seems to help me solve plot challenges by shifting my whole perspective."

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BELLA ANDRE

A bestselling American author of more than 40 contemporary romance novels, some are the series "The Sullivans" and "The Morrisons."

Her ideal writing place is in her backyard. When she started her career, she practiced and began her day by writing three pages from a book, The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron.

*Not Bella Andre's house but an inspiration

MAYA ANGELOU

Some writers prefer a quieter place where they can finish their work with the least distraction.

This writer loved staying in hotel rooms, where she did most of her writing. She was so resolute in focusing on her work that she would request that all artwork be removed from the walls before she billeted herself.

Her specific tools were notepads and pens, a dictionary, a thesaurus, and a bible. One of Maya Angelou's favorite venues was the Chelsea Hotel in New York City.

*Taken from TWC News_Hotel_Chelsea

Take Away

Writers’ preferences vary, but some want posh surroundings to write. Often, they want room seclusion, a private space in the house, a hum of the city, or neither.

Because of quarantine, we can't roam around town to find a place to write and avoid distractions at home. In my case, I have a 3-year-old toddler, but I still write while watching over her, with all the nursery rhymes as my background noise.

But again, there is no hard-and-fast rule; only your perspective and the will to write matter.

Where is your favorite spot to write?