/lit/ - Literature

I never learned to hold a pen properly. I have a buildup on skin on my middle finger left over from grade school due to holding it incorrectly.

I can't write with pen and paper, regardless. The words don't flow with the right speed. Typing enables a much swifter approach and I can keep up with the ideas in a more fluid way.

Typewriters are no good for editing, they're a useless, vain piece of peacock feathering.

I write on the computer. Sometimes, though—if a chapter or product becomes "finished"—I'll print it out and read it with a pen to make corrections. For some reason, pen and paper always wakes up a different part of my brain and I tend to edit and envision things differently. I always find something wrong with things that I've a physical copy of.

>>3289501
i didn't know people like you existed.

My handwriting is awkward to perform and atrocious to read, but I've gotten very good at typing through the years of wasting time on 4chan, so I usually prefer that.

My mom used a typewriter back when she was in college and it looked like a pain in the ass. I can't imagine ever using one to write a novel.

>>3289518

You'll be seeing my name in print come soon enough.

>>3289483
I handwrite, at first; when the idea starts coming off. It's like a brainstorm, but not so confusing. Then, I rewrite at the computer, correcting and putting the things in the right places, editing etc. I continue the text from where I stopped on the computer. At last, I print the work and, using a pen, proofread the piece of paper.

I use a Cyrillic typewriter quite similar to the model pictured, but newer. I nearly never write in English, and if I do it is English spelled with Cyrillic (this makes much sense to me) or it is handwritten or on a computer.

>>3289535
will i? i don't read much modern literature.

>>3289581

Fair enough.

>>3289483
I always start in a notebook so I can keep track of my editing. It doesn't hit my laptop until a deadline is coming up.

If I ever lost my notebooks I might have to find a high window and jump. The thought actually makes me feel a little panicky.

Handwrite, then convert to digital document, that's where most of the editing happens too.

I tend to talk a lot about my writing and the things I'm going to do and then I don't do anything and come here.

>>3289536
hipsters gonna hip.

I handwrite a basic plot outline, flesh it out a bit in my head and then write the actual story on the computer (from beginning to end in chronological order) at the rate of a page a day. Then I read the entire thing, edit it and reread, and then do the same again until I'm satisfied. I find it's a pretty efficient method, although really the only crucial part is the page a day thing; in my opinion you've gotta have that kind of strict schedule if you ever want to finish anything.

>>3289833
This is basically me.

I always have a physical copy no matter what because I feel I have more control over it than something on my computer screen.

at first I used to write a loose plot, flesh it out on paper. fix it up with a pen and then finalize it on the computer.
But I am lazy, also not a very good typer, so I just decided to create a symbol system that gave me a quick and straightforward story without all the pretty fluffer words(english being a passive language and all that) essentially writing my first draft in sign language, then turning it into gramatically correct english later when I transfer it to the computer. Though that's just me; I'm not really a /lit/ folk I'm actually a comic book artist, I need to start by writing a story, but it don't need all them fancy grammer nunsense. So I don't know if it'd work for anyone else.
(also no I'm not the guy who wrote the comic in the picture...but the symbol writing will help you to visualize my process....assuming you even cared to read my comment....)