We writers all need a special place to write in, even if it's just a little corner of the house. 

As a child, my special places were high on the sturdy branch of an old oak tree or on a blanket of primroses beside a little stream. Later, as a working mother, I used a credenza in our living room. This held my writing material, magazines and books. It opened up with a writing surface but could be locked away from prying little fingers. I didn't even own a typewriter back then. I typed my stories in lunch breaks at work or when the boss was out! 

Occasionally I stay up late to work on a story and my writing takes on new meaning in the quiet of the night with no one around.

On waking up, I often write furiously in my notepad. Writing pads and pens are all within easy reach at my bedside, so I can jot ideas down in the dark if I wake up during the night with my mind buzzing.

I kick myself if I'm stuck in traffic and don't have a pen and pad. It's a great opportunity to scribble a few paragraphs. Doctors and dentists' waiting rooms are also excellent places to write in. They're usually quiet and the other patients are normally too preoccupied with their visit to notice you biting your pen in deep thought.

Once I got stuck in an elevator on my own for an hour. Not only did I have no one to talk to, I had no pen and no paper to write on. What a waste of writing time!

Long flights or airport delays are golden opportunities too for elaborating on a novel, poem or story. Relaxing on a hot, sunny beach with notepad and pen can also be quite productive!

Many writers use a garden shed for their writing place, others a closet or hallway. Mary Higgins Clark said she wrote at her kitchen table as her five children were growing up. Some really lucky writers have a den or office of their own to write in.