![]() My Favorite Resources ~ Writing Software and Apps The “Scrivener: A Few More Notes“ section of Just Some Follow-Up At least you’ll have gained the experience.Īnd speaking of trying new things, that’s exactly what I’m doing with my current WIP. As for you, if this is something you want to try out, you don’t have to take on an entire book you could just do a few pages that are giving you particular trouble if you want. The trick they’re using is writing the first draft down in a really nice notebook that they don’t want to waste, so the hope is that the pressure of not wasting the nice notebook pushes them to just finish the first draft. A friend of mine is trying a thing right now where they’re trying to trick their brain into not wandering off on this draft their working on. I’ve also done critiquing on paper in impromptu settings, so I can speak from experience as well when I say this doesn’t benefit me as much as it might others.Īs always, though, give it a try. And I know myself as a writer well enough to know that enough of my processing happens while I’m not editing that I don’t think the extra time it would take to edit by hand would be much of a benefit for me. You also might run into space issues for especially long notes since you’re using physical paper, but that’s what post-it notes are for, right? Plus, once you’re done, you’ll have to then rewrite everything into some kind of computer program.Īgain, this is all personal preference. The basics of it, though, is that, since writing by hand takes longer than click-clacking keys over a keyboard, your brain takes more time to think about and process what you’re writing.īut therein lies one of the downsides of writing by hand. The benefits of writing things by hand versus typing have been discussed at length a lot-just to cite a few places, by Medium, Psychology Today, The Guardian, and Masterclass-so I won’t get super into that here. There is something to be said for writing by hand. That’s my my particular style, but you do you, friend. Or even writing the entire first draft by hand. ![]() ![]() I’ve heard of people printing out their first drafts and going over the whole thing by hand. TBH, I talk about this one so rarely because it’s so not my cuppa tea. Having critiqued and edited a lot (both my own stuff and others’) for years now, I’ve had a lot of experience with a lot of different systems. But tools can be a big help or a big hindrance, and that’s something that shouldn’t be ignored. It’s not the tools you use that make a great book or piece or art or whatever. But given that editing (IMHO) is second-most important to just getting your story down (you can’t edit what’s not there, after all), I think it’s important to examine the different options. This is going to be as much an opinion piece as much as it is a guide since everyone has their own preferences. ![]()
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