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Writing Medium?

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Just curious, how do most of you write? In what physical medium, that is.

I always write in notebooks, either spiral bound of cow journal-style. I find it's much easier to let ideas flow that way, plus notes and corrections are easier (or at least more intuitive) to make. I can't say I write faster in a technical sense, but considering how many typos I make it's just a pain to type stories.

Obviously this leaves me to type them up later, but I find this is a great opportunity for double checking things. Sometimes it's a matter of mechanics, and half the time I realize something I thought was cool at first is actually totally unnecessary.

I've also written short meme fills from scratch on mobile devices before. Ugh.
 
I type up my story in Microsoft Word. However, the automatic spell check counts pokemon names as misspelled, so it contained so many "spelling errors" that it just gave up and doesn't point out the spelling mistakes, so now I have to proofread my work for mistakes. Otherwise, I feel that my ideas flow very well when I'm writing them out the way I'm going to submit them. Plus, I don't have to spend a ton of time copying it down and stuff.
 
I tend to use both a computer and a notebook equally. Mostly, it's because I'm not around a computer all the time, so when I'm in class or on break at work or actually at work (because I've had jobs where I just sit around on the phones all day), I just whip out a mini-notebook and write. In one sense, I prefer writing on notebooks first because it's distraction-free, and copying it from paper to a word processor allows me to read things over and edit as I go.

On the other, I also tend to write higher quality work from the get-go on a word processor. This is probably because I can read what I'm writing a little bit easier, and I can go back and edit easily. (I write small to put more material on a page and make my notebooks last longer, so I don't really have an abundance of notes when I hand-write.)

So, I've had chapters that were completely written by hand originally, chapters that were completely written on a word processor, and chapters that were a mix of both. Which I guess means that the answer to your question is "yes."
 
I have a little notebook for writing down inspiration that's on a spot on my bookshelf--I do my writing proper on WordPad
 
My handwriting's awful, so writing in a notebook is out of the question; I probably haven't written more than ten words of fiction on paper since high school, and plan on keeping it that way. Currently I write mainly on my laptop because of the portability, and I've been using Scrivener a lot recently (great alternate to Word if you're interested in something new).
 
Apart from the occasional inspiration dump (usually during work on receipt paper, or in notebooks), most of what I write now is on the computer, although it can also be on my phone, with which a tiny, awkward touch screen, is not easy. It's gotten me a bit lazy though, with the spelling of some words that I don't notice I misspell, which I started noticing recently. With the amount of notes and annotations on power points and word pads my university work though, I use my computer less during term time, and the situation sort of resets itself. xD

I have managed to fill up a whole page with titles of incomplete ideas, though. That surprised me. o___o
 
I do my outlines and final drafts on Microsoft Word, but I draft all of my chapters in a notebook. I find it easier this way so I can catch typos while typing and add/remove things that don't quite sound as good as they did in the draft. Also, writing in a journal allows me to draft anywhere, not just where a computer is available.
 
Antithesis said:
My handwriting's awful, so writing in a notebook is out of the question; I probably haven't written more than ten words of fiction on paper since high school, and plan on keeping it that way. Currently I write mainly on my laptop because of the portability, and I've been using Scrivener a lot recently (great alternate to Word if you're interested in something new).
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Oh, you use Scrivener? I use it too, but moreso for outlining, plot pointing, and keeping track of my drafts. It's a great writing program.

Anyways, pretty much same here. My handwriting is also awful, so I would always type my stories. I would write my ideas on my notebook though so that I don't forget them.
 
Ideas/rough scenes on paper if handy/phone (it takes word documents and has a qwerty keyboard!)/computer if I'm actually on it at the time, or the previous two aren't handy in which case I just keep it in my head until I can put it in a document or something. And the actual writing is on a computer in the vast majority of cases; I suppose that's just more what I am used to now, and my handwriting is not the neatest. =p
 
The original draft of my fic was actually written entirely on paper. This didn't cause problems because there was no plot back then, so I didn't ever need to go back and retcon things like I do now. :P After a while, once I started feeling the urge to change things in the version that I had typed up, I just started writing it on the computer entirely. I still would use notebooks to chart plot twists and character interactions, but then all of my sketchbooks and secret plot notebooks got lost in the mail. x____X So now it's all pretty much just on the computer. Ho hum.

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I like to write little notes, and side things, or plot summaries/plans/ideas on any random piece of paper that I can get my hands on. Sometimes, I draw too, but when I finally write, it's on MS Word.
 
I equally write in notebooks or on my computer. My preferred medium is my computer, but my notebook is for when I'm in class. I also use my phones notepad for after hours.
 
For a second I thought this thread was about psychic writers. O_o

I usually end up writing all my notes on scrap paper that I don't use in school, but occasionally on receit paper when I have nothing better to do at work. When it comes to actually writing a story, 90% gets typed directly onto the computer. Rare exceptions include a random story I wrote while I was at work about the Pillsbury Doughboy and Mr. Clean Magic Eraser.

...yeah I need to get out more.
 
When I was younger, I used to write exclusively on loose-leaf sheet of papers, mostly in pen since I dislike how pencil begins to fade after a while. I write all of my stories on Microsoft Word on my laptop, and I keep the most important ones on my pendrive. However, I prefer to outline stories on paper (notebook if it's a big story with lots of chapters; sheets of paper if it's something like a one-shot) because I can take it anywhere. These I write in pencil because I am able to erase and some side-notes without making it look too disorganized.

There has been one or two occasions where I wrote a large chunk of a chapter or a whole chapter on paper during school. Sometimes it would be a drabble that would never end. This was when I had absolutely nothing to do for hours and was feeling particularly inspired. I hate typing out what I have written, though, later on, but it kind of serves as proofreading since I'm reading and writing it again.

- Kat
 
Notebooks and pens are the main way that I get any writing done. No matter what it is I'm writing, it's to those two things that I gravitate. I write my stories out that way, editing them and everything until I'm finally ready to type them. Because I really hate typing my stories for some odd reason. At the same time, I love it because it's more finished.
 
Hanako Tabris said:
Notebooks and pens are the main way that I get any writing done. No matter what it is I'm writing, it's to those two things that I gravitate. I write my stories out that way, editing them and everything until I'm finally ready to type them. Because I really hate typing my stories for some odd reason. At the same time, I love it because it's more finished.
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That's me to a T. Typing is always a chore for me, even though I type exceptionally fast. Partially it's my miserable accuracy/abundance of typos, and partially it's just something I can't put my finger on.

I couldn't even imagine typing up a fic as my primary method for writing it down. I feel like I'd get nowhere.
 
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