The Writing Space

I've seen many pictures of authors' "writing caves" on the internet, and my main reaction is: Holy cow, either everyone else writes in a much neater space than mine, or they clean up big time before taking the picture.

And I understand the impulse to clean up; I really do. But I've often thought that if I ever take a picture of my own writing space, I will leave it just as cluttered as it normally is, because this is the reality. This is how I work: surrounded by debris. However, I hesitate t...