This is so freeing! After spending 6 hours a day on my computer for work I just don't want to look at a screen anymore. Even though I wrote many of the poems in my spiritual memoir in verse in my journal it never occurred to me that I could write a novel that way. New notebook here I come!
I love writing by hand! In a journal, pieces of paper, whatever I can find! I censor myself less when I just jot down words or even use a notes app. The problem with my jottings is that I’ve developed a terrible handwriting and can’t always read back every word I wrote.
Yep, definitely Team Notebook. Re: efficiency and having to later type what you've hand written---I sometimes dictate what I've hand written rather than type it. It's helpful to hear the melody of what I've put down on the page. I still get some of the benefits I'd get from typing, because I have to edit. The voice to text apps are good but not perfect, and in this case that's okay.
Curious what you program/software use to dictate. I've been playing around with dictation and it can be really useful in some regards, though I'm definitely still learning the best ways to use it!
This is so freeing! After spending 6 hours a day on my computer for work I just don't want to look at a screen anymore. Even though I wrote many of the poems in my spiritual memoir in verse in my journal it never occurred to me that I could write a novel that way. New notebook here I come!
You can *definitely* write a novel that way! Anything really. Wild that we used to not have these devices that rule our lives...Happy writing!
I love writing by hand! In a journal, pieces of paper, whatever I can find! I censor myself less when I just jot down words or even use a notes app. The problem with my jottings is that I’ve developed a terrible handwriting and can’t always read back every word I wrote.
Haha I feel this--my handwriting is also terrible, and when I can't decipher it, I decide it's a sign I didn't need to...
Thank you! I will try to slow down so I can read it later.
Yep, definitely Team Notebook. Re: efficiency and having to later type what you've hand written---I sometimes dictate what I've hand written rather than type it. It's helpful to hear the melody of what I've put down on the page. I still get some of the benefits I'd get from typing, because I have to edit. The voice to text apps are good but not perfect, and in this case that's okay.
Curious what you program/software use to dictate. I've been playing around with dictation and it can be really useful in some regards, though I'm definitely still learning the best ways to use it!