Writing outside?

Carol Kaufman recommends writing outside as a way to get the creative juices flowing. It's not just fewer distractions or more quiet, however. As she points out:

Nature immersion also helps us feel alive. Another series of studies published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology in 2010 concluded that being in nature made people feel energetic and less lethargic, all essential ingredients for writing stories that exude telling details and narrative tension. After all, you just can’t tell a good story when half asleep.