The writer’s huts

Virginia Woolf’s 1929 essay “A Room of One’s Own” explored and advocated the importance of economic and intellectual independence for women to foster their creativity and allow them to achieve their full potential as writers and artists. Assuming a contemporary Anglophone writer has some level of financial independence or support, this paper explores the reasons why having a room of one’s own – namely a rough, rustic, and remote hut – in which to write has an enduring allure as an inspirational place for writing.