I scribble ideas on envelopes, receipts, any piece of paper I can find. I write on the computer.
I do write on the computer, but quite often I will sit down and grab my notebook and pen. I don't like to print anything out until it's complete, because otherwise I will read it, then edit it, and then start making changes before it is even finished. Once I am done, I can go through and find all my typos--which can be a lot--I will find places that will need adding to or taking out, then it starts all over again. I redo it all, then print and so on.
I feel more official when I write on the computer but it doesn't always work that I can. More often then not, I find myself whole chapters on notebook paper. Then, when I can, I retype it on the computer. After reading and re-reading, I print and hand it off to a friend to proofread for errors. I almost always have to edit again and process starts again. As I learn new things about my writing, it's smart to go back and read older works and correct the mistakes in those. No writer or his/her work is perfect the first time, least of all mine. I'm constantly editing things that have already been edited.
Yes I do write on a computer. I never print what I am writing. I correct on the computer. I often go back and edit articles after they've been published.
I generally write using a computer. I rarely correct my work on paper, because I don't bother printing it. My offline writing is generally superior in quality to my online writing, simply because it's been corrected.
I usually write on a computer, though love pen on paper as well. I do not print frequently. I do not print until I am done. Every poem needs a "marinating" time, and none is finished for me before at least a 48 hour lemon/herb bath. After that time has passed I can usually see whether it is done or not.
Yes,I evolved to my lap top. I don't print.Correct as I go and after finishing the whole thing.
I write on the computer and edit on the computer. When I feel I've edited as much as I can, I then print it and wait a few days to re-read it. I mark my changes and additions in red and input those back in the computer. Once I feel I'm close to what I want, I print out a few chapters at a time for someone to read and critique for me, asking them to mark in red the areas that stick out for them as questionable so I can rewrite them.
The editing process can go on forever so one has to know at a certain point that the story has been edited enough. I use my critique people for that, depending on how many comments in red I receive back from them and how they FELT as they read my work. If I haven't drawn that reader deep into my story so they feel the character, then I need to continue with the edit process until the reader is pulled in deep to experience what the characters experience.
I write on both. Computer and Journal. Sometimes my inspiration comes when Im not close to the computer so i have to carry my journal.
I write on a computer and try and resist the temptation to print out my manuscript until it's complete. I then print it out and set it aside for a week or two before editing and making any alterations or corrections. By doing that, I can look at my work with "fresh eyes," and it becomes easier to spot faults with the plot and timelines.
Delete is my favorite key. Cut/Paste are my favorite functions. I could never write longhand. I need quiet and I need my computer. I've printed frequently in the past but I don't think I will with the new book.
All that said, I don't like critiquing/editing other writers on the computer. That I prefer to do on paper.
Yes, word-processing is a great help with polishing works. I rarely print works out; many never see paper before actual publication. For those poems first scratched out on napkins, index cards, notepads, etc., they are transcribed into a word-processing document where they undergo polishing, sometimes for months or even years. Once a poem is "finished," I let it sit for at least a few weeks so that I can come back to it with at least a slightly fresh view. I may make some revisions and repeat the process. When I see that the poem is truly finished, I no longer consider revisions (as that can be an endless process and can destroy a poem). On the other hand, if the poem is not quite right, I will keep at it as long as it takes.
Yes, I write on a computer-my notebook, then I save it there and in my flash disk.
I write on a computer, scraps of paper, notebooks, little post it notes, backs of envelopes, whatever I can get my hands on when a great idea hits me. I don't usually print the pages out until I'm finished with the whole book. Then, I'll re-read the book and see if I get lost or if there are rough spots. I'll correct any mistakes I find, then finally, after reading it again, I'll print it out and pass it along to my trusted reader.
In the 'old days' I was sure I couldn't write without a ballpoint pen and a yellow pad. I have either graduated to or succumbed to the computer. Typically I compose on the computer then last thing at night print off the day's work so I can proof - edit, rewrite - it over coffee at Rick's Iron Skillet at six a.m. each morning after my hour's walk. Then I return and set the changes into my computer copy. That rewrite process continues until I'm making no more than one vocabulary or substantive change every three or four pages. Like most authors will say, no piece is ever really finished; there just comes a time when you decide to stop. |
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