In A Room of One’s Own, Virginia Woolf claims that “a woman must have money and a room of her own” (3) in order to write fiction. This serves as her general thesis for the essay, and through her own anecdotes and analyses on other writers, she details this point. To be a successful writer, a woman must have money because money has been a source of power, one that men have held over women throughout history. This also explains the prevailing writings of men, and lack of from women. Woolf describes the difficulty of writing with constant interruptions, but because they often did not have a room of their own, this was a reality for most women writers, and it contributed to the male dominance of the writing field of work. According to Woolf, by having money and a room of her own, a woman would be able to write much more efficiently. In her time, it was uncommon and controversial for a woman to write fiction rather than do domestic work, and Woolf’s essay provided a critique and analysis on the gender inequality and stigmas of the time. 

To write at my best capacity, I do need a room of my own. Privacy is important to my efficiency when writing, because I can organize my thoughts and focus better when I am uninterrupted. Contrary to Virginia Woolf’s claim in A Room of One’s Own, I do not need money to write effectively. A Room of One’s Own was published in 1929, and although the world is not perfect now, the gender inequality that women writers faced was much more extreme than it is today. In my own writing experiences, having money has not been a way for me to meet the level of or overcome men, nor has it allowed me to increase my power and ability to write. To write at my best ability, I need privacy and writing materials, in order to focus on my work.