I love that we have one more thing in common! And yes - i edit throughout the process. I do some edits as I write, and some as I type. The bulk of the editing and the major overhauls get done after I get it typed. It’s faster to edit the typing than it is my handwriting.
Ah, I did a full editing pass on the handwritten copy, and made more on the fly edits when typing. I just scheduled the first two installments (oooh) and found more typos. Who knows if I got them all.
I never write by hand, apart from my morning pages obviously. I can hardly read my own handwriting these days, and with the morning pages this doesn't matter very much as they are in stream of consciousness mode anyway, best by hand, and I feel I don't have to read them afterwards.
I do my writing mostly speech-to-text, and Word is the only entity out there who thinks I speak American English. I tried many types of English, lot of options out there, but none caters to my German accent like English (USA). I'll never know why...
I’ve handwritten my first drafts, on and off, since I first started writing as a teenager. Back then it was because the “kids computer” was an old brick that I had limited time on, and I was literally writing all. the. time. I didn’t get a laptop until I graduated high school in 2007 and switched over to typing everything, but I’d still resort to pen and paper for plotting or sticky scenes that I couldn’t seem to get to work any other way.
I started doing the first drafts all longhand again in 2020 because, during that mess of a year, the idea of even touching a computer made me sick to my stomach between the news and social media which everyone seemed addicted to. I went through burnout in 2021-2022, but the handwriting first drafts thing seemed to stick, and the serial I’m currently launching is my first published book that I did this with. My author friends tease me about being “fancy” and “old fashioned”, but all in all I’m pretty happy with how it works for me and my brain!
Same! My first novel was handwritten while in high school and I typed it up, probably on a ViC20, and had it printed out on dot matrix paper. I used soo much of that paper … but the ink wasn’t permanent, it turns out. It faded away. Still have the first draft though. I think I’m already following you and awaiting that launch (I just got up, brain is not fully in gear yet) but if not, will give you a follow!
I write fiction by hand!
how did I not know this about you? Glad we a re twinsies in this respect also -- do you edit before you type it up, during or after?
I love that we have one more thing in common! And yes - i edit throughout the process. I do some edits as I write, and some as I type. The bulk of the editing and the major overhauls get done after I get it typed. It’s faster to edit the typing than it is my handwriting.
Ah, I did a full editing pass on the handwritten copy, and made more on the fly edits when typing. I just scheduled the first two installments (oooh) and found more typos. Who knows if I got them all.
I never write by hand, apart from my morning pages obviously. I can hardly read my own handwriting these days, and with the morning pages this doesn't matter very much as they are in stream of consciousness mode anyway, best by hand, and I feel I don't have to read them afterwards.
I do my writing mostly speech-to-text, and Word is the only entity out there who thinks I speak American English. I tried many types of English, lot of options out there, but none caters to my German accent like English (USA). I'll never know why...
I’ve tried. It can’t understand me, probably because my accent is neither American or British enough.
I’ve handwritten my first drafts, on and off, since I first started writing as a teenager. Back then it was because the “kids computer” was an old brick that I had limited time on, and I was literally writing all. the. time. I didn’t get a laptop until I graduated high school in 2007 and switched over to typing everything, but I’d still resort to pen and paper for plotting or sticky scenes that I couldn’t seem to get to work any other way.
I started doing the first drafts all longhand again in 2020 because, during that mess of a year, the idea of even touching a computer made me sick to my stomach between the news and social media which everyone seemed addicted to. I went through burnout in 2021-2022, but the handwriting first drafts thing seemed to stick, and the serial I’m currently launching is my first published book that I did this with. My author friends tease me about being “fancy” and “old fashioned”, but all in all I’m pretty happy with how it works for me and my brain!
Same! My first novel was handwritten while in high school and I typed it up, probably on a ViC20, and had it printed out on dot matrix paper. I used soo much of that paper … but the ink wasn’t permanent, it turns out. It faded away. Still have the first draft though. I think I’m already following you and awaiting that launch (I just got up, brain is not fully in gear yet) but if not, will give you a follow!
Ha! I remembered right, except the bit about the follow. I’m already subscribed! 😎