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Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:36 pm |
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I can't agree more for editing and re-writes; in fact that is how my second draft is created, by copying it off into my computer. but for first drafts I think pens and paper is the most flexible and therefore, for me the best.
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palmer

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I think the best short story I ever wrote I used the following method:
I hand wrote the first draft, and did corrections on the sheet. When the sheet was too much of a mess to read, I hole punched the other side of the page, flipped it over, and kept it on the left side of the binder with a fresh sheet on the right, and so on. I kept doin this until I couldn't improve it any more, then I typed it into the computer where I did some minor fiddling, mostly punctuation and spelling.
I don't know if that story had the best ideas, characters and so on, but it was the smoothest thing I ever wrote. There's something about moving that pen that just makes things flow.
I've tried the same thing with a novel, but I've only done parts of it like that. Can't sustain it for one reason or another.
I almost never use a desktop. During the school year, I do a lot of my writing on the bus and the subway, for which I usually use a jornada (small handheld with keyboard in clamshell -- too small to touch type, but I don't write that fast anyway). Sometimes I use an ipaq (think palm if you don't know it, but it's windows) for revision.
But I'm still not publish -- in fiction, anyway -- so what do I know?
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Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:52 pm |
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palmer

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palmer wrote: |
I think the best short story I ever wrote I used the following method:
I hand wrote the first draft, and did corrections on the sheet. When the sheet was too much of a mess to read, I hole punched the other side of the page, flipped it over, and kept it on the left side of the binder with a fresh sheet on the right, and so on. I kept doin this until I couldn't improve it any more, then I typed it into the computer where I did some minor fiddling, mostly punctuation and spelling.
I don't know if that story had the best ideas, characters and so on, but it was the smoothest thing I ever wrote. There's something about moving that pen that just makes things flow.
I've tried the same thing with a novel, but I've only done parts of it like that. Can't sustain it for one reason or another.
I almost never use a desktop. During the school year, I do a lot of my writing on the bus and the subway, for which I usually use a jornada (small handheld with keyboard in clamshell -- too small to touch type, but I don't write that fast anyway). Sometimes I use an ipaq (think palm if you don't know it, but it's windows) for revision.
I really, really like to print things out for some stages of revision. It's easier seeing thewhole page a being able to flip around.
But I'm still not published -- in fiction, anyway -- so what do I know? |
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Sat Jul 30, 2005 9:53 pm |
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