Poet William Carlos Williams famously wrote on prescription pads[1] and the constraint was defining in his work's simplicity. I'm not sold (ahem) that the New

Poet William Carlos Williams famously wrote on prescription pads[1] and the constraint was defining in his work's simplicity. I'm not sold (ahem) that the New York Times newspaper chose columns strictly for the purpose of reading speed. [1]https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/11870008 https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/11870008 EDIT: I've recently been printing text on a thermal printer ribbon and editing with scissors. As the author writes, and as I write less, weight this accordingly.