/lit/ - Literature

I don't get it, OP. Why would you want to do that?

>>4425943
You will never type as fast on a typewriter as you can on a computer, especially on a non-electric typewriter.

The Remington portable you posted is probably from the 60s or 70s. It's certainly a post-war model, probably worth less than $100. To identify it's exact production date you'd have to find a serial number on it. All you really have to do is learn how to change the ribbon and oil it once a year.

>>4426059
Thanks, I'll look into it.

>>4425975
Several reasons; mainly I don't like drafting longer compositions by hand, and I like typewriters as distinct from computers in that their only function is to write. With ink and only one font choice and the physicality of the keys, it retains some of the writing aesthetic without being something as different as a laptop.

>>4425975
I was going to make fun of OP, but then I realized typewriters might be a good choice if you get easily distracted on a computer. You can't browse 4chan on a remington.

>>4426109
Or you know you could just block 4chan on it, and save all that money and time. As >>4426094 shows its more of an aesthetic choice rather than anything based on practicality

Do people actually still sell typewriter tape?

>>4425943
Sell the typewriter and get a cheap laptop and cripple its internet capability. It's not that hard to pick up an eepc or a refurbished laptop from a few years ago that'll give you the functionality you'll looking for at the same price. It'll also allow you to make back-up copies and transfer easily to your PC.

>>4426214
But then OP would miss out on feeling special

>>4426218
This is another benefit. You're not special OP, you're only special once you're published and get the response of the public and the critics.

>>4426214
Better yet, get an old IBM thinkpad. They're cheap, the keyboards are better than a typical netbook.

Interesting

I prefer writing on a stone tablet myself. The medium allows a blending of the written word with form, space, and material. The intellectual, temporal forms of literature acquire a spacial component that allows the simultaneous perception of the work as both a sequence and a spacial object in a moment of time.

>>4426214
>implying I don't already have a laptop

>>4426315
Heh.

They're a nice change of pace, and I have enjoyed writing poetry/really short stories on them, but I can't imagine writing anything particularly long-form in the age of slick computer keyboards. Typewriters turn writing into a physical exercise, which may or may not be a good thing depending on your purposes.

>pic related, it's my Smith-Corona Classic 12

>>4426209
You can still get ink ribbons at Staples/Office Depot, surprisingly.

Pic related

>>4426483
This image was only slightly amusing, until I noticed the cane.

>>4426371
>That shitty formatting on the page.
>That lack of a headline
>Not a Sterling

I actually own the same typewriter as op. As far as ribbons you can get accounting calculator ribbons to fit on the cheap. It is hard to type on one, but I think it makes for better writing. You should be taking it slow. The shitty writing happens in those blank spaces where you feel like your being creative and productive, but really your rambling.

>>4425943
ITT eejits thinking writing on a typewriter brings them legitimacy

I hate you people

>>4426567
>>4426572
Good. Let the angst flow through you.

>>4426315
Did you just make that up?

That's pretty good and I'm being deadly serious.