Soledad's Journal

Actually thinking about it, a similar thing was why I ended up going freelance. I had an office shared with one quiet person, which got removed in favour of having almost all the writers in one open-plan office. This meant one person on the phone, or having a 'meeting', or chatting whilst making coffee could disrupt the creative work of twenty or more others, and meant most people did their writing -- which is what we were paid for -- first thing in the morning/after most people had gone home/at home in the evening.