Comments on: How do you write?

By: Gina Ardito

Gina Ardito — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:21:54 +0000

Umm…both? I need the edit features of a keyboard, but when I finish a chapter, I have to print it out, read it on paper, and make more edits with a pen–adding layers, refining word choices, etc. I NEED physical paper to read from to do this. I can’t use Track Changes on my computer because I tend to skip over phrases and miss errors on a screen that leap out at me on paper. There are as many methods as there are writers, I suppose.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:52:12 +0000

Oh, and I knew Silke would give you a lecture, HA!

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:50:46 +0000

Deb, this could have been my post! I HATE long hand! But I did do it when I was bored at work and didn’t have anything else to do (when my boss was gone). I still have all those scenes tucked away in my drawer, waiting to make it into an actual MS!

By: Silke

Silke — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 19:10:22 +0000

That does it.
I’m going to find a really lovely (fountain pen) writer for you, and send it to you. Chickenscratch, cramps… You’re using the WRONG PEN.
You get cramps because you grip the pen hard and you press down hard to get the words to the paper. But if you have a nicely flowing (and I mean flowing, not spilling) pen, where you don’t have to put three tons of weight on it… it’s a joy to write then.
I write correspondence by fountain pen, but I type my novels. Yeah, I could write on a notepad, but then I’d have to type it all up anyway. And I’m lazy.
You knew this was coming, didn’t ya?