Anyone here still use pen and paper? Page 2

Quote: losaavedra @ September 1, 2007, 11:38 AM

I seem to have several notebooks on the go at the moment, all with covers labelled up for what they're supposed to contain. One's called 'SCRIBBLE', one 'THEMES', one 'CHARACTERS AND LOCATIONS and one for 'SERIES SYNOPSES'. Any others lying around are labelled up as dedicated to particular series or activities.

The computer comes in quite a bit later when I've hopefully firmed up an idea. I also keep long lists of certain other things on computer files (over 100 short descriptions of potential sitcoms for example). Once upon a time I used a typewriter ... horrible things .. no spelling checks ... no ability to re-format or insert stuff ... ugh!

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That's exactly like me.
I have one for character names and one for title ideas too.

Sometimes I use an old typewriter I have. Different things get you inspired. (Although when I use that I'm usually pretending to be a journalist from the 1940s.)

I`ve always carried paper and pen with me.It`s all part of being a writer for me.

Quote: zooo @ September 1, 2007, 11:57 AM

That's exactly like me.
I have one for character names and one for title ideas too.

Sometimes I use an old typewriter I have. Different things get you inspired. (Although when I use that I'm usually pretending to be a journalist from the 1940s.)

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You really are Daisey Steiner.

Good ideas though you two, just wish I had a pad to write that down.

I use a felt tip pen for drawing a moustachio on my Woo Woo's.
Oh and paper for going under my carpet to catch the piddles from my Woo Woo's & for wiping my.................. NOSE!

I write almost eveything with a pen and paper to start with. I'm a restless person and find myself writing in the living room, the bedroom, the kitchen, the garden, in a cafe... wherever the mood takes me, and carrying a pen and paper around is a lot easier than carrying a laptop. If I'm working on a sitcom/drama, I write up notes, the plot, scene outlines and characters, then do my first rewrite on the computer. Once I have the whole thing fully underway, I stick to working on the computer.

I always write sketches in a notepad until I'm totally happy with them.

I always write ideas, notes and first drafts with a pen and paper; then type that up onto a computer for further work.

Yea! I am going to start taking a notepad out with me. I miss so many potential comedic possibilities.

When on holiday I bring A4 notepad and pen. At home I mostly write with the computer.

Overall I would have to say that I'm one of those writers who doesn't walk about with pad & pen on his person and as a consequence is often looking all over the house or car for a goddamn pen (for non-creative purposes).

Christmas Pressie List:

Pack of ten Biros for Skib.

Part of the reason I use pencils is because after they've been sharpened loads of times they're only about an inch long, and three or four of those stubs are always in the jacket I take out with me. I also chop erasers into bits half the size of a sugar cube for the same 'portability' reason. That kit plus a blank bit of A4 folded 3 times is very compact and always available for the odd inspiration. I'm hopeless at remembering anything I don't jot down somewhere. Goodness, I sound so nerdy ... yuk!!

I doodle a lot on paper but that's all. I suppose I should clarify that doodle means to draw things. Everything else goes straight on the PC. Unless it's a quick reminder I find writing on paper frustratingly slow.

I use a pad to 'think out loud' - just to work stuff out.

Something like:

Man loses his hat.
How?
It's stolen.
By who?
A boy with a bad back.
Why has he got a bad back?
He's fallen off a ladder.

etc, etc.

(Oh, and don't forget to look out for the 'Bad Back Boy Hat Thefts' - coming soon to BBC3)

A pen and pad is very useful. I've got pads and pads of notes, most of which are either unreadable, not funny, or both. Rarely neither.

Quote: ShoePie @ September 3, 2007, 12:45 PM

I doodle a lot on paper but that's all. I suppose I should clarify that doodle means to draw things. Everything else goes straight on the PC.

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I'm glad you cleared up the whole "doodle" thing, else some people might think you relieve other types of "doodles" on paper... or, worse still, on your computer!

Who's John Lewis, Skibs? Is he a forum member?

I always use pen and paper, only if i'm submitting it do i type it up.
This is mainly because computers beat me at chess so i hate them.

I find it easier to maintain my train of thought with pen and paper
as well.

If I try to write on the pooter I end up playing majong or going online instead. Also, there's nothing quite like a crisp white sheet of A4 and my lucky pen to inspire me.