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Originally Posted by shamguy4  thanks for your responses
it seems that writing on a notebook with a pen help you write better from all the posts I've read |
What makes you write better is practice. Whether that's with pen and paper or on a computer doesn't matter, as long as it works for you.
I used to write longhand, but now I find it inhibiting. Perhaps it's because I've become accustomed to the pristine appearance of typed text, but I hate the thought of ending up with a semi-illegible first draft covered in crossings-out. Although I try to write the first draft straight through without stopping, often I change my mind about something mid-sentence and have to at least fix that paragraph before I can move on with the story. Or in the heat of creation I miss out a vital point and have to go back and insert it (if I leave it until the next draft, I might forget).
At the end of a drafting marathon I just want to print the whole darned thing out ready for reading and revising - if I had to type up 50k+ words before I could read it properly, I don't think I'd bother with draft two...