Meme - Day 6

I always get a lot of mileage out of questions like this.

6. Where are you most comfortable writing? At what time of day? Computer or good ol' pen and paper?

For years, I wrote on my bed. I'd sit cross-legged and type on a laptop. I got a lot done, but I also got immense back pain. I have chronic back pain, and it was not helping me to sit like that. So, for Christmas this year, I asked for an office chair. I'd gotten a laptop desk earlier that year, but couldn't use it without a chair. I finally had a good place to sit.

I then discovered it hurt like hell to sit in an office chair all day. I don't know if it's my posture or what, but I find if I sit in it for more than 4-5 hours, it causes me mid to upper back pain. My solution has been to sit in the office chair all morning, and move to the bed in the afternoon. Now my back is way better.

I find I get way more fiction done on the bed though - habit?

I used to think I was someone who could only write at night, after everyone had gone to bed, and it was quiet and cozy. I find that's not the reality. When I did Nano in 2002, I discovered I could write any time of day if I had to to get my word count in - I just preferred to write at night. I think I still do - the distractions of TV, traffic, phones ringing etc is gone at night.

I also prefer a computer. I still like to do plotting and planning by pen and paper though, and occasionally if I'm out I can write something on paper, but overall the computer is what is responsible for me writing so many novels. I type way faster than I write, and with better readability lol. I can almost keep up with my thoughts when I'm typing, but I can't at all when I write by hand. I don't know what I'd do without the computer.