Saturday, January 17, 2009
To Pen or Click
I have been debating whether I should just type anything I write on the computer or continue to use writing journals (I have a lot of these that I have bought and/or gotten as gifts). I guess the advantage of using the computer is that you can organize it better and put your different types of writing in folders on the computer (making sure you also save it to a flash drive, in case your computer crashes). I would then just keep actual file folders for things of interest that I clip out of a magazine, newspaper, etc. (photos, writing articles), and all of the writing I have done until now. I like typing because it is faster, but I find that when I write with a pen, I connect more with what I write. Eventually, when I start to write my story I will probably use pen and paper and then type it in the computer for editing, etc. I don't think there is any right or wrong way to write, it comes down to what the writer is comfortable with. At this point, I like both, though lately I have been using the computer more. However, when I have a poem in my mind, or a thought, I write it down in one of my notebooks.
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IRC: The Norton Reader is actually a college text book. They have a lot of them, anthologies essentially, made up of very different types of literature depending on study. They are on their eleventh edition right now, but I purchased the ninth at the Orleans Public Library book sale for $1.00.
http://www.wwnorton.com/students/titles/english/reader11/
I do both. Sometimes I need to just write it out, because I am an emotional writer by nature and the connection and emotions I feel while writing really aid that. Additionally, though, I am kind of weird and cannot write off by myself when it is quiet, so writing long hand allows me to be a active part with the noise and chaose around me.
I have a weird thing about me, though, and I find it very difficult to write onto a blank word document. I have a blog where I write onto. It is a weird writerly thing about me, but we are writers, we are allowed that!
Thank you for the website reference. I feel the same way as you that I feel the need to take an active part in writing by using pen and paper. Staring at the computer screen does not always generate something to write about.
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