Room To Think

Going off of our question from class, I just wanted to expand my thoughts.

I think women need more than a room of one's own, our inspiration is pulled through all forms of life and if one were to lock oneself in a room, where would the inspiration stem from? As far as being able to concentrate, as Woolf says with all of the responsibilites that women have such as raising the family and keeping the house in good shape, women are constantly being disturbed. A room in that sense would become of great aid, and it doesn't even have to be a room, it could be a place where one finds themselves lost in deep thoughts and relaxation. A room of one's own could be repetitive and a non-inspiring aroma would sufficate and nothing would be accomplished. One of the greatest writers, Jane Austin, got all of her inspiration from her living-room. With the hustle and bustle around her, she based many of her characters and plots off of those who she observed having conversations right in front of her. Another example would be J.K Rowling. She sat in a coffee shop and wrote Harry Potter. Yes, she might be able to block out all of the happenings around her, but what if she came to a writers block and needed new inspiration.
As far as the money goes for back in the time of Dillard, women did need money to keep writing or even start writing. Writers did not earn a sufficient amount of money that they could support their family on. If one found their passion is writing and found a way to promote their writing, they would still need another way to keep their family a float. For todays society, I do not think that one would need money to start to write. One wouldn't even have to buy the basic materials. One could gather a pen just lying around, and take the J.K Rowling way and write on napkins.