Writers and their writing desks

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 พ.ค. 2021
  • Hi,
    After a long hiatus, I am posting this video for you guys. This video features a lot of authors and their writing desks, writing space and home libraries.
    Hope you guys are staying safe.
    Enjoy the video and take care
    Yours truly,
    Literary Characters
    Edited: Please check out the new video on Writers and their Writing Desks.

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  • @literarycharacters
    @literarycharacters  2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    I realise that this video isn’t perfect. Please check out the new video of more writers and their desks at th-cam.com/video/GyxJHo2V7L8/w-d-xo.html.
    Hope you like that video.
    I missed mentioning Arthur Miller at 1:51. My bad.

  • @archiefenn1527
    @archiefenn1527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +176

    Damn, Terry Pratchett had that 4k 120fps multi-monitor set up. Would not be surprised if he pulled out a steering wheel and played f1 simulator between chapters 😂

    • @literarycharacters
      @literarycharacters  2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yes, he was pretty cool :)

    • @citizensguard3433
      @citizensguard3433 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Hahaha I was thinking the same thing. I wouldn't be surprised if Sir Terry could actually access Disk World through that set up. Not the novels... the actual place.

    • @Beantbeantbeant
      @Beantbeantbeant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      He used to play Oblivion and Skyrim on those, and he even used to make mods for Oblivion and be active on the forums

    • @archiefenn1527
      @archiefenn1527 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Beantbeantbeant I can't tell if this is sarcasm and I really want to believe that it's true

    • @puneetmishra4726
      @puneetmishra4726 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@archiefenn1527 with Terry, it could be true

  • @bookofdust
    @bookofdust 2 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    I remember being in the British Library and coming upon Jane Austen’s lap desk and reading how she used it because she could easily hide it away as she felt so self conscious about being a “Lady Writer” when there weren’t really any. Though I didn’t have any particularly strong connection to her writing I burst out in tears at the profound sadness of that, being that she felt she had to hide away what she was doing. I’m also angry that Harvard University owns Emily Dickson’s desk and it doesn’t reside in her home in Amherst. They should do a long term loan and let it be in its original location.

    • @High_101
      @High_101 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What about Kohinoor Diamond?

    • @soylentcompany5235
      @soylentcompany5235 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      But this way its available for more people to see

    • @bookofdust
      @bookofdust 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@soylentcompany5235 When I went to Amherst I saw her house as well as her brothers. When I went to Harvard the section of the museum the desk was in was closed and didn’t get to see it at all.

    • @abhishekbhuyan3576
      @abhishekbhuyan3576 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@High_101 what about it?

    • @adityaroy7616
      @adityaroy7616 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@abhishekbhuyan3576 I know right? They keep bringing it up like some insult of the past.

  • @AvecPoesie
    @AvecPoesie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    When I was a little girl, I remember the first object I ever truly yearned for, begged my Father and Mother for, and ruminated upon day and night was a white desk with an attached hutch for my myriad books. As long as I was old enough to hold a pen and scribble with it, I have been consumed by an intense and utterly inexplicable need to write ✍ I write every single day of my life. This video was profoundly moving and deeply resonant to my heart and mind. 💌

    • @literarycharacters
      @literarycharacters  2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You are truly inspiring.

    • @joannabiebs
      @joannabiebs 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i would love to read your work

    • @scoon2117
      @scoon2117 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thats so sweet :) when i was in 3rd grade I yearned for the school desk next to the book shelf and nearest the window, that way I could have an extra little shelf for my knick knacks, and be able to use the window seal to out my other stuff. I was so excited about that and I finally got it. It was my little cove.

  • @stargirl3455
    @stargirl3455 2 ปีที่แล้ว +113

    Thank you for making this! Some of these are so messy, so full of character! Marvellous to look at

  • @_andrewcullen
    @_andrewcullen 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I couldn't help noticing that none of them was watching TH-cam. Great video, thanks.

  • @SanjeevTiwari92
    @SanjeevTiwari92 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    Ruskin Bond and his humble set up with an old trunk below the bed and a hanging shelf on the wall. Lovely!!

  • @richardwestwood8212
    @richardwestwood8212 2 ปีที่แล้ว +160

    I love those old writers who use only pen and paper 📜🗞️

    • @literarycharacters
      @literarycharacters  2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same here :)

    • @fmfilipinoman5609
      @fmfilipinoman5609 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      What about typewriter

    • @literarycharacters
      @literarycharacters  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@fmfilipinoman5609 I guess those too :)

    • @wongalwin
      @wongalwin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Me too

    • @citizensguard3433
      @citizensguard3433 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Not always old writers. I always write long hand on a first draft. It's a different experience than typing. Makes me toil less with things that don't matter like font and page lay out. Those things are great for later. You need them. But not on a first draft. Plus, it's far too easy to backspace and say to hell with whole sections on a screen. Once I've committed something to paper with pen, sure I can cross it out or tear the page out, but it's not as easy a decision to make. Keeps me from stalling or worrying about editing when I should just be getting a damn story down.
      Also... Tyranny of a blank screen is a real thing. A sheet of lifeless paper isn't nearly as intimidating or daunting as that glowing cylopean eye of the monitor staring back at me asking me why I ever thought I could write in the first place; don't I know I have no talent?!?! Lol

  • @MikeKanner1
    @MikeKanner1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Since my own desk/office is a corner of an unfinished basement, it was nice to see that Bradbury (one of my favorites) also works in what looks like an unfinished basement.

    • @huss3in_500
      @huss3in_500 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I’m not sure if you know this but Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451 in a basement in ucla whilst renting a type writer. That type writer is in a museum now.

  • @barretthighschool9508
    @barretthighschool9508 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    This warmed my heart. Those people feel like long lost friends. I would do anything to sit for one second at their desks. Thank you🙏

  • @callmebyrose8819
    @callmebyrose8819 2 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    You earned yourself a follow. I struggle so much in keeping my own writing desk as organized as much as possible so it’s nice seeing a bunch of authors, that I personally admire, be as messy and chaotic as they want and still being productive, something that I struggle with. It’s eye opening and liberating. Thank you for the video! :)

  • @b26t4
    @b26t4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Power of the pen & paper

  • @natbrownizzle1387
    @natbrownizzle1387 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Lol Alan Moore was like "Fuck this, I'll get a type writer" haha

    • @jollyholly2851
      @jollyholly2851 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That's not Moore at 0:32. It's Hemingway.

  • @mooodlemip4779
    @mooodlemip4779 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Aah this makes me want to be a writer so much!

  • @BettyBonkers
    @BettyBonkers 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Archer has the dream. Those windows make me drool.

  • @teehee1404
    @teehee1404 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I'm currently at my desk. There's a peel of fruit on the table, my notepad is on top of a pile of books, and my other stuff is just somewhat cluttering on the side. I'm not a writer in profession or anything, but when I saw this on my feed I feel like one.

  • @citizensguard3433
    @citizensguard3433 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sir Terry with all those screens! Lol wonderful

  • @ronweasley54
    @ronweasley54 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Seeing Louisa May Alcott is like seeing Jo March💛

  • @blabbinglobster
    @blabbinglobster 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I am so glad to have found this video! It's wonderful. Thank you many times over.

  • @injujuan8993
    @injujuan8993 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow, I’m absolutely stunned! Thanks for creating this. As photos and names appeared on the screen it was like turning pages of the family album. Watching people who shaped me, my dear friends, my confidants. Thanks again and happy New Year!

  • @advocaterishitamall
    @advocaterishitamall 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Love the concept of your videos.. very unique !

  • @pulkitsrvstva
    @pulkitsrvstva 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This was so therapeutic to watch.

  • @estherg.s.5650
    @estherg.s.5650 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Gorgeous your Channel!! Lovely, different and full of sensibility!! Thank you so much for creating It!! 🌹

  • @charleysmith5849
    @charleysmith5849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Idk how some of them work with such messy desks and rooms, that clogs my brain right up 🙈 this is super interesting! Thank you :)

  • @nobluronestripwinkler1794
    @nobluronestripwinkler1794 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Someday in my dreams hopefully if luck persists I can be a great writer too.

    • @richardwestwood8212
      @richardwestwood8212 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Why not ? Just go for it kid, but work on it hard though.

  • @josephcusumano2885
    @josephcusumano2885 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    First and se one draft will be pencil and typewriter, third and hopefully final draft will be on computer.

  • @scoon2117
    @scoon2117 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I get such a cozy feel about this idk why. Hah

  • @xiesalicaceae2482
    @xiesalicaceae2482 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Thank you for this. Glad to see the stacks of books in many of them. Where are the writers who write standing up?

  • @neethi768
    @neethi768 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Aww how nice
    ❤ 😍 love your new channel
    Can't wait to see it grow big

  • @khalilj.9051
    @khalilj.9051 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Amazing!
    What a paper sheet, a pen and a human Mind can accomplish.
    Thanks for sharing this nice video, I needed some push and this video came at the right moment to get my ass on a chair continue my writing..

  • @FalconPunch256
    @FalconPunch256 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Roal Dahl. One day I will sit like him.

  • @julias.9407
    @julias.9407 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    that's somehow so inspiring and comforting. thank u for sharing this, I'm going to write now

  • @papapenguin9376
    @papapenguin9376 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Such a beautiful video! Thanks for making this. And indirectly reminding me to start writing... XD

  • @myleemartin4297
    @myleemartin4297 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I love this!

  • @arindamkalita2430
    @arindamkalita2430 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I prefer one to be less messy and a beautiful view in front.

  • @charles3840
    @charles3840 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Interesting to see how Pratchett leaned into so many monitors.

  • @pearlgirl5643
    @pearlgirl5643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Wow! I just cleared off my desk today to start seriously writing my novel then this popped up #synchronicity

    • @rverdict9013
      @rverdict9013 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      good luck with that novel

    • @pearlgirl5643
      @pearlgirl5643 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rverdict9013 Thank you! It’s the hardest thing I’ve ever attempted but the most rewarding! I’m almost done with an extensive outline/ rough draft / reference part and now onto the less-rough draft lol 🙏

  • @bmorebob6624
    @bmorebob6624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Loved this!

  • @philoki
    @philoki 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    thanks for compiling these pictures, it's very interesting!

  • @zeynepg2728
    @zeynepg2728 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:21 my fav

  • @adikravets3632
    @adikravets3632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    1:04 I think another monitor or two is what he needs

  • @mcclane4sd
    @mcclane4sd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Glorious.

  • @dhwanishah3079
    @dhwanishah3079 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    So niceee, thank you for this!

  • @spicerc1244
    @spicerc1244 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    That Tolstoy picture is crazy.

  • @al2642
    @al2642 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    A deep thank you.

  • @jaiprakashagrawal3580
    @jaiprakashagrawal3580 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great work.keep it up.👌❤️😍

  • @RachelParker-1977
    @RachelParker-1977 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    2:00 resembles Alanis Morissette's bookshelf. Great video.

  • @erandy2319
    @erandy2319 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lovely 🌹

  • @chessdad182
    @chessdad182 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I would love to have Ray Bradbury's office but have it in a cabin on a mountaintop and look out at the world from it.

  • @gabrielsousa7624
    @gabrielsousa7624 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got really very surprised With Bob Dylan(My favorite songwriter)in this video.

  • @joyce3790
    @joyce3790 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thank you for this.

  • @dornelli1
    @dornelli1 ปีที่แล้ว

    In my fav show on tv, the murdoch mysteries, the production team once said that there was no pic of mark twain available when they had an actor portray him...hum...

  • @biegebythesea6775
    @biegebythesea6775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Interesting how each person has their own taste me some love mess and others don't. If I had to work in some of those rooms I'd tear my hair out and jump out of the window.

    • @AvecPoesie
      @AvecPoesie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I find myself contemplative upon whether some of those writers did indeed "love mess" or if the messiness was a direct manifestation and representation of the state of their mental health. In some, depression can lead to a loss in the will to be organizational or even clean. I am an inherently orderly person; yet, when my depression intensifies, my spaces become quite cluttered.

  • @PrimaDewi
    @PrimaDewi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's so beautiful, i compare with my desk wish someday my desk could be picture and known as (My Name) Desk

  • @citizensguard3433
    @citizensguard3433 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You should have included people like Homer. Instead of a writing desk, he's just standing beside a campfire, or in front of a crowd of listeners. Spoken word... the original typewriter. I keep imagining the caption: Random Caveman, with just a sketch of a man in animal skins using a piece of stone to carve rudimentary symbols into a large boulder. The original original writing desk 😄

  • @ShivaSingh-uk8tq
    @ShivaSingh-uk8tq 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    P G Wodehouse’s writing corner any day !

  • @BradReid
    @BradReid 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Never knew Alan Moore looked so much like Hemingway!

  • @dreamingaboutpinkskies5384
    @dreamingaboutpinkskies5384 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Love this

  • @stagename2
    @stagename2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    My pic would have me in my pajamas sitting in bed😆

    • @AvecPoesie
      @AvecPoesie 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      This would be true for me as well. ☺

  • @forfreedomssake4315
    @forfreedomssake4315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Thanks

  • @andrechristian3657
    @andrechristian3657 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    awesome

  • @nanditabb
    @nanditabb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    great video

  • @biegebythesea6775
    @biegebythesea6775 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bukowski and his drink problem...

  • @emersauce
    @emersauce 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ok, I guess it’s time to get back to work :)

  • @merxmiller7469
    @merxmiller7469 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    thanks!

  • @busammodapranathi284
    @busammodapranathi284 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    i m new but your content was really good.

  • @leonorrivera6379
    @leonorrivera6379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Any picture of HP Lovecraft?

  • @vedanshgure9022
    @vedanshgure9022 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:11 ray bradbury's room is so sick

  • @jollyholly2851
    @jollyholly2851 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That's not Moore at 0:32. It's Hemingway

  • @terrapinalive6192
    @terrapinalive6192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't believe the Rowlings one

    • @n_wallmann
      @n_wallmann 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is actually a hotel room at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh. She finished the seventh Harry Potter book in this room.

  • @TrueGritProductions
    @TrueGritProductions 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    JK Rowling's desk looks like a room at Best Western

    • @n_wallmann
      @n_wallmann 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It is actually a hotel room at the Balmoral Hotel in Edinburgh. She finished the seventh Harry Potter book in this room.

  • @dontforget3oct10
    @dontforget3oct10 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, does someone know the title of the piece of music in this video? Thank u :)

  • @h.h.amford702
    @h.h.amford702 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sorry, but who was the writer between Stephen King and Charles Dickens?

  • @leonorrivera6379
    @leonorrivera6379 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    where's the picture of that writer who writes in a bathtub with his typewriter?

  • @aaronpescasio
    @aaronpescasio 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bassed

  • @rafaelsqzbook
    @rafaelsqzbook 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    What’s music ?

  • @sushmasinha5990
    @sushmasinha5990 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Amrita Pritam ⭐⭐⭐

  • @amessagefromthepatriots
    @amessagefromthepatriots 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    0:32 Damn, the disrespect of putting Alan Moore over Hemingway.

    • @AvecPoesie
      @AvecPoesie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Was it ordered according to level of greatness?

  • @ixmix
    @ixmix 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Only PEN can transfer myself on the white paper...

  • @kshitijyadav4208
    @kshitijyadav4208 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Amrita Pritam ❤️

  • @SpeakWritePlayinEnglish
    @SpeakWritePlayinEnglish 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Most of the time, it's not necessary to have a fancy space to start writing. You just need a pen, a piece of paper, and your imagination.

  • @heisseven
    @heisseven 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    J.K Rowling is the only writer in this video that wasn't shown beside her desk... some coincidence tho.

  • @boouno2294
    @boouno2294 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What’s the music’s name?

    • @literarycharacters
      @literarycharacters  2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It’s titled Sensitivity in my editing app, FMP. I have access to some songs on the app itself, this is one of them. There’s no information of the artist on the app.

  • @sonpham32
    @sonpham32 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You missed Arthur Miller at 1:50.

  • @lakeshagadson357
    @lakeshagadson357 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    i would like people to find out about me if i was a famous writer.

  • @sauwurabh
    @sauwurabh 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nah man Stephen King writes in a cemetery

  • @alinebaruchi1936
    @alinebaruchi1936 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    .

  • @katekat4522
    @katekat4522 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is so fascinating to see

  • @puneetmishra4726
    @puneetmishra4726 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    GRRM is doing everything but writing

  • @ElJorro
    @ElJorro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I can't say I care for the music. It is a bit too melancholy to be inspirational.

    • @literarycharacters
      @literarycharacters  2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yes. I am figuring out so many things now. These honest feedbacks help. Will definitely care of the mood of the music while making videos.

    • @b26t4
      @b26t4 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I liked the music, reason I liked the video, and it gives inspiration by just feeling what the authors are portray as.

    • @terrapinalive6192
      @terrapinalive6192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I thought the music goes very well with the video

    • @literarycharacters
      @literarycharacters  2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@terrapinalive6192 Thank you for your support:)

    • @AvecPoesie
      @AvecPoesie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I prefer melancholy music. It evokes a haunting, moving quality. 💙

  • @matthewstokes1608
    @matthewstokes1608 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thus is ridiculously quick - it is filmed at ten times the speed it should have been for any sane person to see anything whatsoever or take in the atmosphere... Such a shame.
    Even a bloody millennial has more attention span than 2 seconds for each photograph shown here, surely?

  • @cassideybennet9256
    @cassideybennet9256 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Kinda sad to see random indian authors that most people wouldn't know of/care about next to some of the greats, kind of takes away from the integrity of the video.