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<\/a>Writing the blog post<\/p><\/div>\n
I have a 5 subject, college lined spiral notebook that I use for my rewrites and novel writing. \u00a0A single subject notebook for trying to write short stories and brainstorming, and several small moleskins for writing out blog posts.<\/p>\n
My writing pens are Pilot EasyTouch pens. \u00a0A black one for home and a blue one at work. \u00a0Makes it easier to differentiate what I’ve written when. I’ve tried using other pens; for a while I used the blue pen at work, but that gave me a hand cramp from using so much pressure to get the ink out. \u00a0These pens, the ink flows.<\/p>\n
What I’ve found with writing longhand is that the words almost fly out of the pen. \u00a0But I have trouble getting words to hit the screen when I’m typing.<\/p>\n
Pretty sure it’s a combination of things. \u00a0My writing computer is a laptop, and it’s really not that comfortable to use. \u00a0My desk is too high, or my chair too low, to be able to sit and type for a prolonged length of time.<\/p>\n
Plus I spend most of my day with a pencil in hand instead of typing on a computer. \u00a0May be related, may not.<\/p>\n
I have an odd habit of just watching the letters and words form, watching the pointed shadow of the pen on the paper and the words appearing on the page.<\/p>\n
I don’t get any of that with writing on a computer.<\/p>\n
And I think it shows. \u00a0In the past, Rob has pointed out passages in my writing that work, and some that don’t. \u00a0More often than not, what worked well was written by hand, and what came across as stilted was written on the computer.<\/p>\n
I know a lot of people prefer writing on a computer because they say it’s faster. \u00a0For them, I’m sure it is. \u00a0Not so much for me. \u00a0Like I’ve said before, I can get 250 to 500 words written at lunch. \u00a0Depending on how long it takes me to eat and how much reading I’m doing, that’s usually about 15 to 30 minutes. \u00a0Hell, I’ve managed about 1000 to 1500 in that time period.<\/p>\n
The absolute best I’ve done in the past were a few 8-10,000 days–I think it totaled about 40,000 that week.<\/p>\n
Another reason lots of people prefer computer is legibility. \u00a0Which, yeah, can be a problem. \u00a0I’m worse when I wrote only in cursive (as were the wrist cramps), but since I’ve started using something of a print\/script hybrid, not so much. \u00a0And I’m more aware of the problems I do have. \u00a0I leave out some letters–almost without fail I’m dropping the n in -ing. \u00a0O and a can sometimes look alike. \u00a0Sometimes it’s just a matter of writing so quickly that the letters get a bit flattened, though that’s definitely more of a problem with cursive.<\/p>\n
But overall–I much, much prefer writing longhand. \u00a0And one big, huge reason why-if I ever lose my file, my back up, anything like that-I still have my notebook.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I think I’m a rare type when it comes to writing. \u00a0I write longhand. I have a 5 subject, college lined spiral notebook that I use for my rewrites and novel writing. \u00a0A single subject notebook for trying to write … Continue reading