{"id":3186,"date":"2014-05-27T12:46:15","date_gmt":"2014-05-27T19:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harperkingsley.net\/blog\/?p=3186"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:37:21","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:37:21","slug":"how-do-you-write-do-you-write","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/how-do-you-write-do-you-write\/","title":{"rendered":"How do you write? (Do you write?)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I read this thread =&gt; &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mobileread.com\/forums\/showthread.php?t=239428\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>George RR Martin: &#8220;Why I still use DOS<\/b><\/a>&#8221; &lt;= at the MobileRead Forums and someone made a comment about pen and paper being old school to the extreme. It made me feel a little weird, because a lot of times I write stories by hand, then I type them up when I have a fat stack of pages.<\/p>\n<p> There&#8217;s something about words flowing straight out of my hand onto the paper that appeals to me. Plus it keeps me from being able to go back and edit myself while I&#8217;m writing &#8212; the only direction is forward. When I make a mistake, erasing it involves scribbling things out, so I try not to make mistakes in the first place. I am forced to keep the story moving because there&#8217;s no room to change things without making a mess.<\/p>\n<p> How do you write?<\/p>\n<p> [Me: pen and paper =&gt; Scrivener =&gt; OpenOffice]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I read this thread =&gt; &#8220;George RR Martin: &#8220;Why I still use DOS&#8221; &lt;= at the MobileRead Forums and someone made a comment about pen and paper being old school to the extreme. It made me feel a little weird, because a lot of times I write stories by hand, then I type them up&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/how-do-you-write-do-you-write\/\" title=\"How do you write? (Do you write?)\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">How do you write? 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