Quote: Marc P @ February 18 2011, 2:45 PM GMTI was asked today if I write long hand, and I said no straight onto the laptop that way I don't have to write it twice and also I can't always read my writing. And that is true too.
I hear you! I've boxes full of stuff that for all I know are gold - gold! - but just look like indecipherable scribbles.
Quote: Marc P @ February 18 2011, 2:45 PM GMTI can't always read my writing. And that is true too.
I started writing when I became slightly computer-savvy because up until that point, although I always fancied trying it, my handwriting was so illegible that I never persevered. A typical page looked like something William Brown (Just William etc.) might have produced as a piece of homework; complete with ink-blots and crossings out all over the shop.
But with the computer it was all so neat and tidy with the added bonus of the versatility of cutting and pasting to change bits around.
I read/heard recently that for a lot of people, the act of actually writing longhand has some kind of different connection wth the brain.
So if they are experiencing writing block on a computer, they should try writing on paper and it might loosen up a few cogs.
I reckon that's true.
Quote: zooo @ February 18 2011, 3:23 PM GMTI read/heard recently that for a lot of people, the act of actually writing longhand has some kind of different connection wth the brain.
So if they are experiencing writing block on a computer, they should try writing on paper and it might loosen up a few cogs.I reckon that's true.
I've heard that too and there are some big name authors who swear by the organic process of it all. They could well be right.
However where I to try it then God help any editors trying to decipher what I'd send. It would also probably take about ten times as long as it does now to produce whatever I'd happen to be working on.
Yeah, I'd certainly not show anyone else my longhand. I'd have to type it up.
I got given an old clunky typewriter as a kid. I was so desperate to see my words printed that I put up with red-raw fingertips, ink mess and irritating hammer noises for a good long while.
Then we got a PC, and I put up with the errors, crashing, raw-eyeballs. I never ends...
Aw, we always had a few old typewriters around the house when I was little. I loved playing with them.
Introduction and first chapter complete! As well as a preliminary edit. Should I cary on for another horu and a half or do something else?
When I'm rich and eccentric, I'm going to be buying loads of shit like this.
Quote: zooo @ February 18 2011, 3:23 PM GMTI read/heard recently that for a lot of people, the act of actually writing longhand has some kind of different connection wth the brain.
So if they are experiencing writing block on a computer, they should try writing on paper and it might loosen up a few cogs.I reckon that's true.
Similarly, I've read that using the Internet too much rewires the brain and effectively kills the ability to concentrate on anything for long periods of time. Which of course this website disproves. 
Quote: Nat Wicks @ February 18 2011, 3:31 PM GMTIntroduction and first chapter complete! As well as a preliminary edit. Should I cary on for another horu and a half or do something else?
Woo! Carry on if you're in the mood.
Quote: Nat Wicks @ February 18 2011, 3:31 PM GMTIntroduction and first chapter complete! As well as a preliminary edit. Should I cary on for another horu and a half or do something else?
Go to the pub!
Pub? Pah! I don't do pubs. I'm going to TGIs and the movies tonight though I think I've earned it.
Quote: Nat Wicks @ February 18 2011, 3:31 PM GMTShould I cary on for another horu and a half or do something else?
Maybe do a bit of proofreading? 
Don't let Aaaron see that line or he will edit you. 
I'd crack on and do more. Don't waste your time on here.
