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What Does Where You Write Say About You? by Dan Holloway

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It's one of those things that seems to fill endless feature columns in Sunday papers but whether we're readers or writers, we still never really get tired of this particular kind of nosiness. So I thought I'd take this New Year's chance (I say that, but the actual reason I chose New Year is that it's the only hope you'll ever have of my study being tidy enough to be pictured) to ask where people write, and take you on a little tour of my space. There's more to where we write than you might think. Our writing spaces say a lot about us. This is mine. Sort of. Where I do my most productive writing is actually on a pavement on a busy street with my back against the wall watching the people go by. But I rarely have the opportunity for that, so this is where it happens. So. What does it say about me. Well, first off you'll notice the magnolia paint. Which can mean only one thing. We're not homeowners. With my credit history and a job in the south of Engla...