I Still Use Good Old Fashion Longhand For (some) Writing

Do you do most of your writing on a computer, or still use good old fashion longhand? I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately because my writing habits are a hybrid of the computer and a pen and paper.

I know this post seems to come out of left field, especially considering I recently wrote a review about how much I love the writing software Scrivener. That hasn’t changed. I still use (and love!) Scrivener for all my writing projects.

And I do a majority of my writing on my computer, or iPad, whichever is more convenient. Though sometimes it just seems easier to pick up a pen and paper to scribble out a scene or section for a current writing project.

Maybe I like to write longhand sometimes because, after typing so much, it’s just a nice change. Or, it’s just cathartic to write on paper and scribble stuff out, make changes – it’s like getting down and dirty with your writing.

For this reason, I always keep a small Moleskine notebook with me for jotting down ideas, bits of inspiration and anything else that comes to mine. I also carry a regular spiral-bound notebook for drafting out scenes, writing drabbles, and even writing short-short stories.

It’s amazing that with all the technology at our fingertips, sometimes it’s nice to go back to the simpler way of doing things.

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