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Esta
 02 Feb 2011, 12:47 #109991 Reply To Post
I write on my laptop. Is this the best way or does my writing lose something? http://www.tinyurls.co.uk/C24259
RobertB
 02 Feb 2011, 12:56 #109992 Reply To Post
Stick to the laptop. It'll make revising much easier, and I don't see that you'll lose a thing.
stjerome
 02 Feb 2011, 12:57 #109993 Reply To Post
Quote: Esta, Wednesday, 2 Feb 2011 12:47
I write on my laptop. Is this the best way or does my writing lose something? http://www.tinyurls.co.uk/C24259


It surely depends on what you feel most comfortable with. Personally I always write longhand on a pad - I'm a qualified typist but still find it quicker and easier to write with a pen. I find that if I'm making stuff up, it flows more easily from brain to pen to paper - translating thoughts to typing feels like a barrier to that flow. Also I can cross out, add margin notes, brackets, arrows, reminders and all sorts as I go. It makes a hell of mess but feels more contemperaneous. My laptop, on the other hand, is the most wonderful editing tool ever invented. Once I've transcribed my scrawling onto the computer, everything is done electronically. Just one person's view anyway ....

Tim
Saint. A dead sinner revised and edited.
Ambrose Bierce (1842 -1913)
Esta
 02 Feb 2011, 14:55 #110004 Reply To Post
Thanks Robert and st - I think you give both sides of the argument very well. Maybe I'll just write more by hand in a notebook. I do find that the contact makes for a different kind of writing. Typing is so easy though and as you say, makes revision easier.
erict
 02 Feb 2011, 17:02 #110013 Reply To Post
Erchh! If you saw my handwriting, you'd know why I need a keyboard. I live on a computer and can't function without cut and paste.

I always print out what I think is the final version and then read it from paper.

I use word for 90% and onenote to keep character details, maps, timelines and other things in.
sulcus
 02 Feb 2011, 18:54 #110022 Reply To Post
I pierce myself with the tip of a feather quill, then dip it into my blood to write. I bleed words literally, but would be grateful if they were to offer a writes-in-blood app as my blood-count is dropping alarmingly low.

PS I write literary fiction, not horror... (sound of body hitting the floor as passes from consciousness)
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dancingsue
 02 Feb 2011, 19:35 #110026 Reply To Post
Quote: sulcus, Wednesday, 2 Feb 2011 18:54
I pierce myself with the tip of a feather quill, then dip it into my blood to write. I bleed words literally, but would be grateful if they were to offer a writes-in-blood app as my blood-count is dropping alarmingly low.

PS I write literary fiction, not horror... (sound of body hitting the floor as passes from consciousness)


A handy hint, sulcus. Less words use less blood.
the long and the short of it

RobertB
 02 Feb 2011, 19:55 #110028 Reply To Post
I find writing longhand awkward, make a lot of mistakes, and I can't read it myself anyway. So you can see why I'm dependent on computers!
sulcus
 02 Feb 2011, 20:20 #110032 Reply To Post
Quote: dancingsue, Wednesday, 2 Feb 2011 19:35
Quote: sulcus, Wednesday, 2 Feb 2011 18:54
I pierce myself with the tip of a feather quill, then dip it into my blood to write. I bleed words literally, but would be grateful if they were to offer a writes-in-blood app as my blood-count is dropping alarmingly low.

PS I write literary fiction, not horror... (sound of body hitting the floor as passes from consciousness)


A handy hint, sulcus. Less words use less blood.


the drip drip drip of Sue whispering chalky exhortations in my ear only calcifies into a stalgmite inside my auditory canal
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browser1
 03 Feb 2011, 08:20 #110052 Reply To Post
Quote: erict, Wednesday, 2 Feb 2011 17:02
Erchh! If you saw my handwriting, you'd know why I need a keyboard. I live on a computer and can't function without cut and paste.

I always print out what I think is the final version and then read it from paper.

I use word for 90% and onenote to keep character details, maps, timelines and other things in.


I find what you say about OneNote quite interesting. I've got it myself but, thus far, I've only used it for keeping records of Online Banking Transactions.

How exactly do you use OneNote for your notes and sucklike?

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