The writer Virginia Woolf gave her famous book this title. She argues that writers who have, in the past, been marginalised by their gender or financial circumstances must be given space and means to write. Perhaps you are a writer who has big barriers to finding writing time in busy environments. You might have to go to a public library to find space, like Karl Marx.
Nowadays it might be a café of one’s own! There are at least three cafés in central Edinburgh who claim to have paid host to J. K. Rowling when she was penning her famous novels, famously as a down-on-her-luck single mother! A café is warm and fairly free of distractions and costs only the price of a cup of coffee (or two).
Here’s another idea. A bed of one’s own. Think about it. You can keep warm, which is important for poor artists living in cold climates.
Garden sheds or caravans are bubbles where you can get out of a busy house. You could be broke, but have you got a friend that has a garden shed, which you could ask to use? Be creative, ask around.
There again, you could be one of those people who likes extreme writing, like extreme ironing, and you are happy single-handed typing while holding onto a strap on a bus for balance; or perched up a tree…
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