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- From: mfc1493@tamuts.tamu.edu (Michael Frank Caver)
- Subject: Re: Long hand.
- Message-ID: <1992Oct7.070728.21771@tamsun.tamu.edu>
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- Date: Wed, 7 Oct 1992 07:07:28 GMT
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- >Not bony or a long hand, but writing in long hand. Just in case anyone
- >mistakens what this posting is about. I wanted to find out how many of
- >you good people in netland write in long hand? I tried writing everthing
- >out first, but found that once I transcribed the story onto the computer
- >the story took a different shape and meaning. Words seemed to change
- >as I typed and their meaning differed from what I originally intended.
- >
- >At the time, I thought that there was something unique about writing
- >stories in long hand first. Now, I'm not so sure that there isn't a
- >kind of mystic enchantment that flows through my hand and creates a
- >purposeful story. One that seems to be less flawed. With a clarity
- >and purpose that I found interesting and yet, I can't seem to bring
- >the exact writing over to my computer.
- >
- >Has anyone else experienced this when they attempt to write a story
- >in long hand first?
- >
-
- I generally write my first draft in long hand. It was psychological at first...
- It told my sibconscious that I was writing a first draft...no need to be
- perfect..yet...
- I do all my rewrites on a typewriter...yes, I said typewriter...I am one of
- the seven people left in the country without a computer at home...
- The reason I do them on a typewriter, as opposed to longhand, is that now
- longhand subconsciously means rough draft! It worked too well...
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-
- Ratboy
-