I keep reading people talking about this, and I was wondering if it really matters what the novel is typed up on, at the moment I'm using OpenOffice and was wondering if it'll be better if I got something else.
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In answer to your question, Antoinette, it doesn't matter where or what you write on as long as you write. That's the only thing that's important.
Every writer has to find their own way, what works best for them.
I'm with Liz, although I prefer to use a pen (pencils fade) and use them mainly for brainstorming, or when I get stuck and need to feel connected to the words.
Mostly, I use Word for the sheer pleasure of being able to move paragraphs and chapters around. Copy/Cut/Paste really is your friend. ;-) However, I do love to plan when I get stuck on my MS. I find ordering characters, plots, POV's etc, can focus my mind and help give my muse a kick up the proverbial.
In answer to your question, Antoinette, it doesn't matter where or what you write on as long as you write. That's the only thing that's important.
Every writer has to find their own way, what works best for them.
I'm with Liz, although I prefer pen to pencil (pencil fades) and use them mainly for brainstorming, or when I get stuck and need to feel connected to the words.
Mostly, I use Word for the sheer pleasure of being able to move paragraphs and chapters around. Copy/Cut/Paste really is your friend. ;-) However, I do love to plan when I get stuck on my MS. I find ordering characters, plots, POV's etc, can focus my mind and help give my muse a kick up the proverbial.
No Liz, I don't think you are old fashioned at all. There is a possibility of mislaying hand-written manuscripts, but they generally come to light again within a day or so. Computers have a mind of their own and the storage systems are the product of very confused people.
If I put a manuscript in a hard file in my writing cabinet I find it there one week or one year later - not so with a computer.
In answer to your question, Antoinette, it doesn't matter where or what you write on as long as you write. That's the only thing that's important.
Every writer has to find their own way, what works best for them.
I'm with Liz, although I prefer to use a pen (pencils fade) and use them mainly for brainstorming, or when I get stuck and need to feel connected to the words.
Mostly, I use Word for the sheer pleasure of being able to move paragraphs and chapters around. Copy/Cut/Paste really is your friend. ;-) However, I do love to plan when I get stuck on my MS. I find ordering characters, plots, POV's etc, can focus my mind and help give my muse a kick up the proverbial.
Do what works best for you.
In answer to your question, Antoinette, it doesn't matter where or what you write on as long as you write. That's the only thing that's important.
Every writer has to find their own way, what works best for them.
I'm with Liz, although I prefer pen to pencil (pencil fades) and use them mainly for brainstorming, or when I get stuck and need to feel connected to the words.
Mostly, I use Word for the sheer pleasure of being able to move paragraphs and chapters around. Copy/Cut/Paste really is your friend. ;-) However, I do love to plan when I get stuck on my MS. I find ordering characters, plots, POV's etc, can focus my mind and help give my muse a kick up the proverbial.
Do what works best for you.
No Liz, I don't think you are old fashioned at all. There is a possibility of mislaying hand-written manuscripts, but they generally come to light again within a day or so. Computers have a mind of their own and the storage systems are the product of very confused people.
If I put a manuscript in a hard file in my writing cabinet I find it there one week or one year later - not so with a computer.
Jean