Depending on what I am writing, I generally always use the computer. Microsoft word to be exact. However, I use a yellow legal pad to write down personal notes, dreams, ideas, or anything that inspires me. This generally happens late at night, and I always use a pen. If what I jot down on the pad seems worthwhile, I will take it to my computer to revise and add to it. I also use writing.com quite a bit. Most everything on my writing.com profile originated from chicken scratch on the legal pad mentioned above.
My legal pad is a new addition to my writing arsenal. Before the pad, I mainly used the computer - sometimes a notebook. But if I was writing anything for school, it would always end up on a computer. When I dig deeper into my memory, I recall a time when I was probably 12 or 13 years old and using a typewriter to write a book. This book, oddly enough, was about the types of snakes that lived in my neighborhood. My friend and I would catch snakes on a regular basis and I would record them onto this typewriter and eventually compiled a little packet detailing the types of snakes we found. Pretty wierd, but it's a good memory.
I would like to find a nice typewriter to write with, but the idea seems to romanticized that I think I would spend more time finding the right typewriter than actually writing with it. For now, I will stick with my legal pad and microsoft word.
Monday, September 15, 2008
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I like the snake book writing-- that's pretty cool! And its interesting that you are as specific as you are about using legal pads.
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