Places to Write: The Bowling Alley
I’ve been reviewing different places to get your writing done, and I’ve been extremely surprised at the results. The common places you might expect to be conducive to writing—like the library—were absolute failures when I gave them a go. A bounce place that my daughter likes to attend, though it has free Wi-Fi, seemed like a dubious try; it turned out to be one of the best places to write I’ve ever tried! So I’ve learned, through trial and error (and plenty of fun, too), to never judge a writing venue by its face value.
Another recent pleasant surprise for me is our local bowling alley. My daughter gets free coupons via kidsbowlfree.com, and we, in turn, purchased a full summer pass for $25 so we could bowl with her all summer for one low price, too. Though it sounds rather commercially, it’s actually a great deal, and we pretty much got our money’s worth early last month. We go at least once a week, so I decided to bring along my laptop this week.