I sometimes think it would be easier to write in an environment like this one. There were distractions, of course (like basic survival) but your mind could be wide open to creative ideas. That being said... Andersen probably didn't write here; he left this house when he was 14. I know he wrote while living in Copenhagen and Helsingør (which was Shakespeare's "Elsinore"), and that he was a writer in residence at Bronholm castle which is south of his hometown of Odense. But even so, I wonder... is a tiny hovel or a castle a better writing environment? I kinda think I could write some awesome fantasy hanging out in Bronholm castle! Anyway, I'm going to do a post on Broholm... someday. Hopefully before the month's out.