Pen is mightier than Word?
 

So. Your poison of choice? Handwriting your works in a scratty diary or on something more electronic?

I rather like having a personal little book with all my scribbles in. All my pr0nz goes into books with intricate details to make it look nice. I did used to write online, but I got bored of the lack of con-crit.

Thoughts?

I try to avoid writing by hand whenever possible, as I can barely read my own writing. I exclusively type my stories and poems, which is just fine for me, as I'm on my laptop nearly every hour of the day. >_>

My writing depends on my deadline. I definitely prefer writing things out on paper beforehand, but if it's crunchtime, then it's definitely time to pound on the keyboard.

I go with whatever I have on hand. I take books or journals with me when I travel. I write in books when I want to be more relaxed and not bother with a computer. I do final drafts and such on the computer and usually work here because it saves me having to re-write things, which I don't like doing. I find though, that I fare much better when proofreading or general editting when I write by hand or read from peper than when I read from a screen.

I prefer writing by hand because I love how pen ink flows, but I hate writing up. All my best work is on paper, in hidden books, scattered everywhere :/

My handwriting is so abysmal that it actively sucks the creativity from my mind and results in my quickly giving up on a particular vein of thought. So handwritten notes aren't quite my thing.

I really wish I could write things by hand, as it would be nice to just lay in my bed and write without the distractions of the computer, but it's just not something I'm capable of.

When I get a new ink ribbon for my typewriter, I might finally be able to work without distraction. I do love me some typewriters.

I have the same problem, Johnny. It's a rare joy for me to find myself working on something in earnest. There's just too many things competing for my interest on the computer. Especially Trisphee. :p

Depends on the pen for me, but I can appreciate the flow too. Somestimes I just set my head down and stare at the nib as I'm writing just to enjoy the movement. Gotta be a nice pen though. I get frustrated really fast when using a dry pen or one that's running empty.

I keep all my journals in handwriting though, even if I can't alway make it out. It's interesting too look back and see how my handwriting has changed as much as my writing voice or what I said and cared about in general.

There's also the fact that I'm left-handed and have a tendency to get ink all over my hand when I write.

I didn't know that. Heh. I"m right handed but I've trained my left a little bit. I can print with it reasonably legibly but haven't quite managed cursive yet.

I'm very strange with dominant hands. I think I'm actually right-handed (as in, the muscles are stronger) but I do everything with my left.

Ah. I'm a little odd too. Right handed, left eyed, whichs is kinda screwy. I can shoot firearms and bows with either hand, and have tried painting with both hands though my left isn't as coordinated or as strong as my right. Of course, because of heath circumstances I had to be carefull of what I did with my left arm so it's naturally not as developed.

my prefrence of writing tools definitally depends on convience really.

Word wins out for me. I usualy write in word. Even if I do write something down on paper, I usualy end up typeing it out in word. It makes it allot easier to edit, since my handwriting is horrible.

I take a differentn approach to journalling then you do, MuseSick. To me, the journal itself is an entitiy and I address it when I write. I speak to an audience, and I always have the feeling that there is one, even if it may come years down the road in a dusty attic somewhere. It's sort of an impression that I have, preserving my thoughts and impressions of my life for posterity.

I once tore out some pages of my early journal when I was a child because I thought too much time had passed between those entries and when I started writing again, and I've regretted it ever since.

I also kept a journal in another language. I'm a native English speaker but was learning Swedish in university so I kept a journal in that language as practice. I haven't written in it in ages but I keep telling myself to pick it up again, even if it's just to write in some basic vocabulary lists, like groceries for dinner.

If I want to write a story I prefer pen and paper because the story seems more direct when I write it onto paper, then I proofread it, organize it and such since it's easier for me to do it.

I've done most of my short stories in an notebook with pencil and paper since there wasn't any computers around to do it during class XD.

But it's been a long time since I wrote a short story the last one I remember was from a dream that I had while I was in high school. And I've never written a story since because I feel like I'm not that creative and my plots so berserk.

Now I'm trying to RP on Tris, and for me it's a little bit difficult to do it electronically cause I have to remember what i'm typing down as well as I make more spell errors on computers than writing it down.

The only time when I need to officially type things down is for applications, update resumes, and to chat here.

It would be nice to get back to my story habits, but I don't know where my book is as well as I get writer's block almost all the time.

Sorry for the rant. I prefer pencil and paper :)

I have half a dozen notebooks that I write in and only know where a few of them are at any given time. Even then a reasonably sparse piece of paper is good enough for me to take notes on. Most of my short stories happen on computer though, simply because I hate writing stuff down twice. When I write a short story in pen or pencil, it almost never makes it to computer, which is where it needs to be if I intend to try and pubish anything. Thus, most of my short story writing is now electronic. Poetry I still largely write by hand though.