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A couple of nitpicks with this article: - I don't watch movies nor hear music from the in-flight-entertainment system, because I find mainstream American movie
by dsign 2y ago
A couple of nitpicks with this article:
- I don't watch movies nor hear music from the in-flight-entertainment system, because I find mainstream American movies less engaging than the flight map :-) (the non-mainstream ones are sometimes quite good). In my mind, or in my laptop, I complete stories that I'm writing or want to write. Or I consume an audiobook in my own phone+headphones, if I'm lucky enough to have something interesting to read.
- One of the things that motivates me to write is that every time I board a train, I find a bunch of people reading a thick volume or another, from all ages. Once, I traveled with a fellow writer from my town, who, luck had it, sat in the seat next to mine.
But, full disclaimer, I live in northern Europe. When I travel to USA, it surprises me how many people use tablets in airplanes to watch movies and series...
- PrismCrystal 2y agoDoing longform writing on a laptop is something that, at least in my experience, has become much harder on a plane: economy seats are now so close together, there is no room to properly extend one's arms to type, and the tray table might be so small and flimsy it barely accommodates even an ultrabook.
- pavel_lishin 2y agoAnd for some people - like me - it's a stressful environment that's not really conducive to the sort of thinking that writing requires. When I travel solo, I always bring a laptop so I can do some hacking on a side project... and it almost never happens on a plane.