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I guarantee you will be more productive at writing using the method of a single pen and a legal-sized yellowpad than you will at basically any other tool on the
by michaeleng 6y ago
I guarantee you will be more productive at writing using the method of a single pen and a legal-sized yellowpad than you will at basically any other tool on the computer, even though that seems counterintuitive. Very few people have the discipline to not flip tabs.
Try it as an experiment.
Attempt to write one document on your computer and one document in another room without any electronics in that room. I guarantee that the latter will go faster. If you need a computer to look things up, maybe use a specific Chrome book or something that bans social media sites. Or, alternatively, use a text-based browser like Lynx.
Happy writing, and I hope some people try this experiment out.
- issamehh 6y agoAbsolutely not. First of all I've only got the one room to work in so there is no way to get a room without electronics. The real issue for me is going to be the speed at which I can put down the words. Of course there will be times when I need to think, but if I'm writing it manually I will be sigificatly slower and prone to losing my thoughts
- DiggyJohnson 6y agoOP here, and funnily enough: I completely agree with you. I write everything of substance on legal pad first, which I later “keyboard” (transcription of writing in pad + some editing ) onto a digital system. For long stuff, I organize my legal pads into binders (pre-3-hole-punched). Thattttt said, I love digital writing tools as a toy, and in this case I’m looking for a specific tool already. I think I literally referred to it as an indulgence in my text post. Great points though, I appreciate the perspective. Happy writing to you as well.