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What do you use when writing?



What do you use when writing?

Keyboard
152
60%
Pencil
40
16%
Pen
49
19%
Crayon
2
1%
Other
10
4%
 
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Sat Jan 26, 2008 3:07 pm
GryphonFledgling says...



I had to vote keyboard because that is what I am using for the second draft of my novel, but for most other things, I use a pencil and looseleaf paper that I keep contained on a big clipboard I carry everywhere.

However, I can't wait for a laptop so that I can carry that everywhere instead. But I do think that nothing will ever completely erase the pleasure of watching words pour out from under your fingers as you hold nothing but a stick and a piece of chewed up paper. It's amazing the stuff you can create. That is a kind of satisfaction that nothing else can overshadow.

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Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:36 am
Monki says...



I normally take my journal with me everywhere, and then when I get home, I get on my laptop and update my story on there as well.
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Tue Apr 01, 2008 5:00 am
casey_kent says...



Hmm. If I'm doing a draft story/poem/writing, I use a pen and a paper. Then I would edit it and type it on the computer.
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Sat Apr 12, 2008 5:00 pm
JFW1415 says...



I HAVE to use a keyboard. Writing by hand is so slow. Besides, I get lazy by hand. I end up ditching entire scenes, and not expanding on anything. (The reviewers on here would have a field day.) Besides, something that takes one hour to handwrite would take about ten minutes to type for me.

I even do planning on the computer. I can add and delete thing so much easier! All hail the enter/delete key!

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Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:27 am
MidnightVampire says...



I usually have my official Writing Folder (it gets caps because of this. I declare it.) with me, and that's where I keep a lot of my writing. For some odd reason, when I'm on the computer words just don't flow. Though I do use the computer for some things.

JFW1415- The delete key seems to be my enemy, I tend to rewrite entire scenes over and over for hours, so after an hour, I only have a sentence. All hail the pen/pencil and paper! (though I do plan sometimes on the computer)
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Sun Apr 20, 2008 7:01 pm
vet4life13 says...



I find it a lot easier to write with a pencil in my hand. I like to write outside, or in a quiet place. It really helps get rid of distractions. Usually when I try to type on the computer, I get distracted clicking on random links. :)
  





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Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:40 pm
JFW1415 says...



vet4life13 wrote:I find it a lot easier to write with a pencil in my hand. I like to write outside, or in a quiet place. It really helps get rid of distractions. Usually when I try to type on the computer, I get distracted clicking on random links. :)


Same here. I LOVE writing outside, and I get distracted easily. [url]darkcopy.com[/url] helps with the distractions, and I open windows. I just can't seem to write by hand for the life of me.

I need to get a laptop with no Internet and type outside. :wink:

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Sat May 17, 2008 4:12 pm
helpless42 says...



it all depends. whenever I write with a pen or pencil, it always turns into some huge fantasy. when I type Is usually realistic fiction or a smaller type of fantasy, like no magic horses and fairy godmothers and stuff like that
  





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Thu Oct 22, 2009 9:52 pm
Young gun says...



I'm beginning to use the keyboard.
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Thu May 27, 2010 3:01 am
darkangel_05 says...



I'm using a pencil, and a notebook.
Sometimes B sharp,
Never B flat,
Always B natural.

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Thu May 27, 2010 7:18 am
Maha says...



I have to use my laptop, whether I have written it on my journal or not. sometimes when I am free and get an idea i scribble it down on the journal and then I update it on my laptop.
  





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Sun May 30, 2010 4:14 pm
ToritheMonster says...



I write the entire thing in pencil in a notebook (or several) then get somebody to type it. Inefficient, but that's how I do it.
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Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:13 am
Day says...



Keyboard and computer because my hand writing isn't the greatest, and it is much easier to edit and such in the long run.
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Fri Jun 11, 2010 2:20 am
Shepherd says...



My laptop, when I'm feeling confident about what I am writing.

If I'm feeling intimidated, and I don't want to see what I have already written, I will write with whatever is handy. Pens, pencils. I have ruined several nice sketches after suddenly being taken by an idea that I -had- to write down. Immediately. All over my drawing.
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Tue Oct 12, 2010 9:23 am
Jashael says...



I use--dun dun du-duuunnn
>>A CELLPHONE!!!

All of my first drafts are in my best friend's cellphone which I sent to her every time my cellphone's memory was full.

But now, we don't text anymore. My crazy ideas ended. :|
So now, I'm polishing my stuffs in my laptop! XD
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