tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post3222991330826017264..comments2023-06-30T14:35:38.366+01:00Comments on Burrowers, Books & Balderdash: Forget the sword... it's pen vs. keyboardHart Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-17002072778311054522010-07-28T15:10:35.308+01:002010-07-28T15:10:35.308+01:00A looong time ago, I needed to sit down with pen a...A looong time ago, I needed to sit down with pen and paper whenever I was THINKING. And then, afterwards, I typed the whole damn shit with all the details into the computer. Now it's different. I can easily do the THINKING in front of the computer, and the only thing I write with an old-fashioned pen are Christmas cards and shopping lists.<br /><br /><a href="http://cold-as-heaven.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Cold As Heaven </a>CA Heavenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558100567878233142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-83463624268962385342010-07-28T11:33:57.388+01:002010-07-28T11:33:57.388+01:00I think I'm a dabbler rather than a Writer, an...I think I'm a dabbler rather than a Writer, and most of my writing is for work, but I've noticed that when I'm having thoughts that are demanding to be written I take off my glasses so I can't read and use unlined A5 paper. (I'm right handed and use my left hand as a guide for the next line of writing - I also use different coloured pens to chunk ideas together) Somehow I think better that way, I don't get caught up in judging or correcting, and can just let it flow, but as soon as I can see/read what I've written I become more critical.<br /><br />Like Jemi I took typing in high school and type fast and accurately, but handwriting 'seems' better at the thinking stage.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09715879775216108688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-34100873792758988262010-07-28T09:38:11.569+01:002010-07-28T09:38:11.569+01:00I would *rather* write longhand, but time restrain...I would *rather* write longhand, but time restraints mean I have to type...otherwise it takes twice as long to transcribe my scribblings onto Word.Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-72084605913037706432010-07-28T06:18:48.721+01:002010-07-28T06:18:48.721+01:00Jemi - we had to learn to type in junior high, but...Jemi - we had to learn to type in junior high, but that was okay 'cause we got to shoot little aliens every time we hit the right letter. ;-) Poetry, yes, definitely longhand - I have no idea <i>why</i> erasing feels better than deleting, but it does.ViolaNuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896411685523236241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-58588094471005493232010-07-27T22:28:45.100+01:002010-07-27T22:28:45.100+01:00I never write anything long hand. Well, except poe...I never write anything long hand. Well, except poetry which I haven't written in ages and ages. <br /><br />I was SO mad at my parents for insisting I take typing in high school - yes I'm old :) I've thanked them multiple times since! I type pretty well - at least 70 words a minute, so long hand is kind of like torture :)Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-60701515866956759032010-07-27T20:24:55.945+01:002010-07-27T20:24:55.945+01:00Tami - Eh, I rounded up. ;-) I hadn't thought...Tami - Eh, I rounded up. ;-) I hadn't thought about computers originally being used mainly for business purposes though... yes, that would <i>definitely</i> be a different mindset than fiction!<br /><br />Natasha - yeah, that's pretty much what I was getting at. It's said that Mozart would write down a totally clean draft of a new piece, having worked it out completely in his head first. I do that with poems, usually, but not longer stuff...<br /><br />Jennee - mad affair, indeed! I've definitely learned my lesson about trying to handwrite during WriMos, that's for sure!ViolaNuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07896411685523236241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-61997727539821450002010-07-27T17:47:13.639+01:002010-07-27T17:47:13.639+01:00I write all my notes and ideas down long hand, and...I write all my notes and ideas down long hand, and that includes most dialog but I'm just faster at typing so when Nanowrimo comes...I have a mad affair with my laptop.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01640871678908297706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-61779719783422387882010-07-27T16:04:35.961+01:002010-07-27T16:04:35.961+01:00My professional writing, I can only do on the comp...My professional writing, I can only do on the computer, but for everything else, it is long-hand.<br /><br />Now, that comes with an explanation (isn't everything of mine rather long winded?)- the only really uninterrupted time I get to write is during my daily commute- unless I start writing a SMS novel, I necessarily have to write on paper when I am writing on the train. But often, even when I cannot put words on paper, I am 'writing' in my mind. I write the sentences in my mind, rearrange the words, scratch some out, put in a couple others.... and all of that is done visually in longhand (ticks, scratches, arrows to change locations, astrixes, etc). When I get home, I may transcribe it directly onto a computer, but actually, I am only writing down what is done in long hand in the brain. <br /><br />Does that make sense?<br /><br /><br />How do I edit? Frankly, I do not know, because I haven't edited yet.Natashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00481081735923606868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5936402483709284852.post-59255888207663485892010-07-27T15:13:43.494+01:002010-07-27T15:13:43.494+01:00For the record, it was only 759 pages *shifty*
Bu...For the record, it was only 759 pages *shifty*<br /><br />But I am totally with you. I am more than a decade older than you, so computers didn't become the 'norm' until around the time I was finishing college--having a 'personal computer' was rare until the early 90s. So my computer initiation was with professional documents--excel spreadsheets, business letters, and then grad school and statistics. My COMPUTER brain is analytical and dry. There are TIMES that works, but there are certain scenes I nearly always want to include in a book that need to tap emotion and relationships better, and that is a hand job *cough*<br /><br />As for editing... I ALWAYS start and end with hard copies. Middle editing--rewording and such, I like the computer for, but the PLOT read for the big stuff, and the final polish have to be by hand.Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.com