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- From: K.Haigh-Hutchinson@bradford.ac.uk (K.HAIGH-HUTCHINSON)
- Newsgroups: misc.writing
- Subject: Re: Long hand.
- Keywords: creativity
- Message-ID: <1992Oct7.092848.4655@bradford.ac.uk>
- Date: 7 Oct 92 09:28:48 GMT
- References: <92280.080958KVJLC@ASUACAD.BITNET>
- Sender: Mrs. K. Haigh-Hutchinson
- Organization: University of Bradford, UK
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- In article <92280.080958KVJLC@ASUACAD.BITNET> KVJLC@ASUACAD.BITNET (Jon L. Campbell) writes:
- > I wanted to find out how many of
- >you good people in netland write in long hand?
- >
- >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.
- >
- I have not published anything. I'd like to publish the science fiction work
- I have been jotting down for a very very long time.
-
- I have reams and reams of long hand. As I transcribe to the computer I think
- 'That would be better if ' or 'This rambles on a bit do I really need it'
-
- but as I write in long hand the story seems to develop, I imagine a situation
- and the story seems to flow onto the page. I can examine and edit on a
- computer but not write. There is something about being sprawled on the sofa
- in front of the fire with a notebook that is not there sat at a desk using
- a keyboard.
-