I definitely think more freely with pen and paper than when I'm sitting at a keyboard. I have no idea if this is innate, or because I grew up in the 70's and 80

I definitely think more freely with pen and paper than when I'm sitting at a keyboard. I have no idea if this is innate, or because I grew up in the 70's and 80's and learned to write by hand. I do feel fortunate to have learned to write by hand at an early age, but also to feel totally at home in front of a keyboard. I'm just about to finish writing my first book, and it's been really interesting to see which mode I use the most. I'd love to be able to write my initial draft at the keyboard, because it would make my work a lot easier. But often times I need to put my computer aside, take a stack of blank paper, and write out my initial draft by hand. I kept a journal for many years, including the year I spent living on a bicycle. I slept in a tent every night, and wrote in a journal by headlamp or candlelight every night for a year. I don't know if that's what cemented my dependence on writing by hand to express my thoughts clearly, or if it's human nature to think more clearly when writing by hand. The same holds true for revising and editing. I do my best revision work by printing out a copy of what I'm working on, and marking it up with a pen and then entering those revisions. I can't edit well working on a screen. This article was really interesting to me because I have a son who'll be four soon. I'd been assuming that I need to write by hand because that's how I learned to put my thoughts into writing. This article makes me want to teach him handwriting so he'll be able to choose between the two modes as well.