Do you still use pen and paper to write or do you go straight to the laptop to write your works?
Personally, I still use pen and paper and then transfer to my laptop and edit while typing it up.
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Do you still use pen and paper to write or do you go straight to the laptop to write your works?
Personally, I still use pen and paper and then transfer to my laptop and edit while typing it up.
Hey Michelle,
Short answer: neither
Long answer: I use two pages of my notebook to jot down an overview of the chapters (like a roadmap) and dedicate additional space/pages to the individual ideas that are expected to go in to each chapter. Then I spend an eternity looking at the overview until I can make the pieces fall into place (this involves scribbling notes and crossing things out and making arrows to move things around).
Once I have a good enough idea what goes where and how, I sit in front of my desk top and start typing the first draft. If I get stuck, it's back to staring into a notebook and playing with a pen.
If this sounds like a headache, you're not wrong. And it's not something I'd recommend... it's merely how I used to work in a rather technical job in the past (figuring out the solution/destination and how to get there - rather than worrying about the path itself...) my physical distaste for lengthier laptop writing may have have something to do with, too...
Hi Michelle!
I sort of do both - I write on my laptop, but when I get stuck I tend to go back to my notebook and write until I figure out the sentence/what I want to do.
Clare
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There's no contest. My script is so poor nowadays I can barely read it myself, so laptop it must be.
I get too distracted while on the laptop, as you can tell I'm here, instead of writing lol.
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