Do you always use the computer to write?
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Re: Do you always use the computer to write?
I typically use my desktop when I want to make progress. If I want to relax with some free-form writing, I'll grab my notebook and head to a body of water.
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That said, I'd love to be good at the "old- fashioned" way, but I'm not.
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The Brother's little display could only show a few lines of text at once. You could scroll through your entire document, of course, but there were times when I wanted to see a large amount of information at once. Such as when I was brainstorming or studying over character notes or large sections of dialogue. So I did such scribblings in notebooks or binders and only booted up the word processor when I was ready to buckle down and actually do the writing.
I still have these writing habits today, even though I've long since upgraded to a standard PC with a large, flat monitor. I can't help but feel that a clean sheet of paper and a simple 2B pencil gives me the freedom that a computer can't entirely match. Freedom of chaos, anyway. I like to make little notes or exclamations in the margins of my notes and sketch characters or designs between the paragraphs. My outlines are always such a glorious, pleasing mess. Being organized is overrated.
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As I've got a little Arthritis in my fingers I dont do a lot of hand writing. I can edit anything and change things.I can go back and read what I've typed.Its a major bonus.
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I find it easier to get my ideas down that way, I won't be distracted by everything online, and I can still write if I have a headache (staring at screens make it worse).
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About 2 years ago my laptop went into a technological coma, and I wrote mostly in a journal my Aunt bought for me the last time she went to Ireland. Then, when my computer was finally revived (about 9 months later) I rewrote everything in MSWord on the laptop. This started a new habit with me of writing all first drafts by hand. It makes the revision and rewriting process even easier for me.
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