How do you write?

Both... it seems to flow better when I write by hand, until my hand cramps up, so I have to stop sooner. I also don't write by hand very quickly, and I type at about 80 wpm. I don't write at that speed, though!

 

My writing method has always been a little chaotic. I start by writing whatever my mind is focused on at the moment and then all of a sudden something will surface to the top and I'll got from there. As for tools, doesn't matter so long as I am writing!

 

ahaha.... dry erase boards.. napkins......computer....my palm pilot.... ohhhhhh writing all over the place ideas come to me at the weirdest times...

 

I use the computer, because when I'm writing the words just spill out so fast, I could never keep up when writing by hand. But on the computer I can keep up with all my ideas better, and of course editing is easier.

 

I like to write everything by hand then type it on the computer and print it out.

 

hand, all hand

 

I can capture ideas faster on computer ... plus go back and edit (add or subtract) without having to rewrite passages.

But I do all of my idea-capturing on paper --with my special pens and pencils, in my special notebooks! And on napkins, paper bags, newspaper margins ...

There is something very legitimate-feeling about sitting in the grass beneath a tree, intently writing something ... it also makes a great photograph!

 

I tend to write mainly on the computer, because I type faster than I write, and it's actually legible. But there is *something* about writing on paper, by hand, that is more real feeling...like suncatch said.

But all my finished stuff is always done on the computer.

 

Typing on a computer is only helpful if you can type without looking. If you cant then your better off writing on paper.

 

by hand. i can put more personality and feeling into that way.

 

By hand. So much better.

 

Seeing as I'm blind, I write using a computer with a speech program, but I think there's somthing special in something hand-written, it just seems more personal, I reckon, but truly, creativity's creativity, regardless of how it's produced.

 

theres nothing better than the pen and paper

 

I write on paper, then type out my poems/ stories(i usually don't have a computer handy when i get an idea for a writing{i usually write in class to make use of otherwise wasted time})

 

How did you know what this thread was about?

 

Writing letters and stuff like that that other people see I use computer(because my hand writing sucks). But as for stuff thats just for me. I prefer paper.

 

Computer. My handwriting sucks, and I can type much faster than I can write. It's also much easier to go back and edit on the computer, so my writing comes out better when it's typed. Writing on paper also wastes trees.

 

The computer is my primary writing tool, but I use handwriting, too.

 

both i dont trust the computer that much sometimes i write stuff and i save it but it somehow goes away.