I am a huge proponent of this -- I rarely start a project without sketching something out on paper first. It helps me get my thoughts straight. In a similar ve

I am a huge proponent of this -- I rarely start a project without sketching something out on paper first. It helps me get my thoughts straight. In a similar vein, I was reading an interview with Donald Knuth the other day, and while I can't find that exact instance, he was quoted saying: > "The speed at which I write by hand is almost perfectly synchronized with the speed at which I think. I type faster than I think so I have to stop, and that interrupts the flow." -- from (PDF warning) http://jmlr.csail.mit.edu/reviewing-papers/knuth_mathematical_writing.pdf http://jmlr.csail.mit.edu/reviewing-papers/knuth_mathematica...