Writing or typing?

[BoredStraight]

I may have to revise my earlier posts because I just got the cutest little netbook, and I've already abandoned my old notebooks!! Still for outlines (I'm a big outliner), story ideas, my journal, ect I'm still going to write those by hand. I'm so excited, I haven't had a computer of my own for almost two years!

[Techno-Ninja]

Palm trees... mine has palm trees. And I have an assortment of blank note cards for those "jot a quick note to whomever" moments that strike randomly.

I like palm trees. I use to have lime green post-it notes. I loved those things.

[Techno-Ninja]

. I don't even really write down my ideas. I just kind of think them up and if I don't forget about them along the way, I'll try to get them down. I'm pretty chill about that. ^^

I get kind of like that with my fan fiction, especially if it's a shorter story that I have in mind. I'll just make it up as I go, if I forget ideas that I had. XD But for longer stories, and/or original work, I write and type a lot of notes to myself. Character and world concepts, plot ideas, outlines, etc.

[Techno-Ninja]

I write longhand in notebooks then type it up. It's a convience thing, I do more writing out of the house than in it and I can't carry a laptop everywhere I go.

I have an hours commute to work on the train and I often use that time to write, and I always use spiral bound hard backed note books as they are the best sort for balancing on your lap.

I hate the typing bit, it makes my shoulders ache and gives me blurred vision. At work we do these DSE courses which are about how to set your desk up correctly to avoid RSI and that kind of stuff so I know that typing at the kitchen table sat on a small, hard wooden chair is not helping matters, but it's either that or balanced on the couch which makes things even worse. I wish I could touch type, at school we were given the choice of typing lessons or craft lessons, an hour spent hunced over a typewrited or an hour spent messing about with clay, which do you think I chose? Gah, I think it's too late now, I have too many typing bad habits.

I know what you mean about getting excited by a trip to Staples (I also really like Ryman, not sure if they exist outside the UK), I'm very into buying pens at the moment as I go through a lot of them, I like liquid ink rollerball with the finest point I can find (less than 1mm for preferance) in either black or blue, don't like writing in fancy colours, and I never use biros, they make your notebook pages go all crunchy. Just read that back, I really am a little obsessive aren't I? Well, at least it's a cheap hobby, I have friends who are just as obsessive about things like snowboards and musical instruments, and they cost a fortune.

I've never been on a train, but I imagine I wouldn't be able to write on one. I get motion sickness way too easily. I like to curl up in a chair or on the couch and write, so hard backed notebooks are my favourite. :3

I would have chosen the clay, too. I've got some pretty bad typing habits. Like, I'm sitting in an armchair with a laptop, in the dark. The part about being in the dark isn't by choice though. x_x I like writing by hand better than typing for a lot of reasons, and one of the reasons is that staring at paper for a long time doesn't make my eyes water and burn like staring at a computer screen.

I prefer ballpoints over rollerball pens for one reason: I'm left handed and I drag my hand through the ink as I write. I can live with the crunchiness. It beats having my hand covered in ink, and my writing not be readable. XD Though, I do dislike how much pressure ballpoints require. It hurts my hand a lot faster than just writing with a pencil or different type of pen would. I'm glad writing is a cheap hobby. My boyfriend has a video game addiction. It's pretty expensive. D:

[Techno-Ninja]

For writing implements, I prefer a Pilot Ultra Fine point, black ink.

Very nice. :3 I like mechanical pencils with .07 lead and ballpoint pens with black or blue ink.

[Techno-Ninja]

typing...if you write them out you will most likely loose the pages..i have had that happen to me a couple of times....so i stick to typing

The only way I loose pages is if I forget which notebook I wrote them in. I suppose if I were to truly loose anything handwritten, it might be more frustrating than having a computer crash on me.

[Techno-Ninja]

If I could do it, I'd write stuff out on paper first, in pen. That way I couldn't keep going back and editing myself so much when the words should be streaming out of my brain. Of course I'd scratch words or sections, but in single space it's hard to add a lot. The biggest problem is that even at my fastest writing my hands can't keep up with my brain.

To make it worse, my handwriting is horrible, so slowing down enough so that I could read it later would frustrate me to death. In the end, things go a bit faster with the keyboard even if I get distracted by tweaking as I go. (However, with my luck if I used a notebook I'd lose it and whoever found it would be able to decipher it...)

Still, will use real paper for pre-writing and little notes when ideas pop into my head.

When arranging story point on index cards I use different color Sharpies, but that's mostly for writing comics. (Nothing helps you trim a story like counting the page cards and multiplying by $50.)

(BTW, Pentel R.S.V.P. Fine or Medium are among the few that work for the way I hold pens.)

I should try to just let my words flow, but I edit the hell out of myself.

My handwriting is bad too. I have to write pretty slowly so that it will be legible later, but my patience rarely fails me, so it's ok.

Index cards and Sharpies...that sounds like a fun idea. :3 It would be a space saver, that's for sure. I have too many notebooks, I love them too much. XD

[Techno-Ninja]

I may have to revise my earlier posts because I just got the cutest little netbook, and I've already abandoned my old notebooks!! Still for outlines (I'm a big outliner), story ideas, my journal, ect I'm still going to write those by hand. I'm so excited, I haven't had a computer of my own for almost two years!

Congrats! I'm happy for you.

I haven't had a computer of my own since 2006. It's been...painful. x.x

I thank the Powers That Be for my preference for handwriting over typing.

[Melsiebug]

Yeah, I'd imagine being left handed would cause a problem with wet ink, I get inky enough fingers and I'm not a southpaw.

I spend so much of my life on trains it makes sense to do something useful with the time. On the way in at least half the passengers are doing work of some kind, I tend to get a very late train home most days and then half the train is drunk, which can either be entertaining or annoying, depending on my frame of mind.

I often find people looking over my shoulder to see what I'm doing, I can hardly complain about this as I do much the same to other people, but if I'm writing a mucky bit I use a piece of paper to cover my work, I do find that worse the line the more it jumps out of the page, sometimes I shock myself that way!

[Techno-Ninja]

Yeah, I'd imagine being left handed would cause a problem with wet ink, I get inky enough fingers and I'm not a southpaw.

I spend so much of my life on trains it makes sense to do something useful with the time. On the way in at least half the passengers are doing work of some kind, I tend to get a very late train home most days and then half the train is drunk, which can either be entertaining or annoying, depending on my frame of mind.

I often find people looking over my shoulder to see what I'm doing, I can hardly complain about this as I do much the same to other people, but if I'm writing a mucky bit I use a piece of paper to cover my work, I do find that worse the line the more it jumps out of the page, sometimes I shock myself that way!

That does make sense. I wish I could use the time I spend (as a passenger) in cars wisely, but just being in a moving vehicle makes my head hurt and my stomach do flips. Fortunately, that's not the case when I'm the driver, which I find rather odd. O_o A train full of drunk people sounds...annoying, and possibly frightening. But I'm uncomfortable around intoxicated people. XP

I know how that goes. I try not to let people see if I'm writing something naughty. If people have seen anything, they haven't said so. XD I also try not to look over the shoulders of others, and am not very nosy. (A good force of habit for my line of work, because I sometimes handle private documents, or see them being written.) But when editing my own work, I could be on a page that only has one even vaguely sexual reference, or bit of violence, or mention of drugs...or something. And it will jump out at me. XD

[KerantliDreamer]

I have written something while waiting for a bus (on a sunday, with loads of older people around) on my blackberry and emailed it to myself, but i prefer to write things out in notebooks mostly. recently have written more things on my blackberry as I like the feel and the sound of the keypad, and i find it easier to type on than my laptop while sat at my desk.

So far I've not had any nosey parkers looking over my shoulder at what I'm writing, but theres still time for that to happen..

[Techno-Ninja]

I have written something while waiting for a bus (on a sunday, with loads of older people around) on my blackberry and emailed it to myself, but i prefer to write things out in notebooks mostly. recently have written more things on my blackberry as I like the feel and the sound of the keypad, and i find it easier to type on than my laptop while sat at my desk.

So far I've not had any nosey parkers looking over my shoulder at what I'm writing, but theres still time for that to happen..

I love the sound of my phone's keypad, too. It drives everyone around me insane, but I've always found the sound calming.

Sounds like you're lucky so far. I hope that I am as well. But with the crowd I run with, it wouldn't surprise me if they just kept their mouths shut.

[KerantliDreamer]

I love the sound of my phone's keypad, too. It drives everyone around me insane, but I've always found the sound calming.

Sounds like you're lucky so far. I hope that I am as well. But with the crowd I run with, it wouldn't surprise me if they just kept their mouths shut.

I have been lucky only one of my friends have asked to see my writing (he is also on the archive but not on the forum) but he knows everything about me, so it is natural to send him snippets or full chapters of my stuff, as he likes the kinks I write about himself. and if people have looked over my shoulder at what I'm writing, they haven't said anything and considering I write about kinks I'm into, I'm surprised they haven't said anything about it..

[Techno-Ninja]

I have been lucky only one of my friends have asked to see my writing (he is also on the archive but not on the forum) but he knows everything about me, so it is natural to send him snippets or full chapters of my stuff, as he likes the kinks I write about himself. and if people have looked over my shoulder at what I'm writing, they haven't said anything and considering I write about kinks I'm into, I'm surprised they haven't said anything about it..

I recently gave my archive profile link to a friend. She read my original stories, and said she was scarred for life.

I don't think I have any friends (other than some people on here) who could really be accepting of my...smuttier writings.

I'm starting to notice a certain trend for fetishes within my writing. XD

[KerantliDreamer]

I recently gave my archive profile link to a friend. She read my original stories, and said she was scarred for life.

I don't think I have any friends (other than some people on here) who could really be accepting of my...smuttier writings.

I'm starting to notice a certain trend for fetishes within my writing. XD

My fetishes are plain to see on my profile and in my writing, though, one is hardly ever found on places like these, and if it is, then your lucky to even see a glimpse of it in the story/one shot. but I think we've totally gone of topic now..

[Techno-Ninja]

My fetishes are plain to see on my profile and in my writing, though, one is hardly ever found on places like these, and if it is, then your lucky to even see a glimpse of it in the story/one shot. but I think we've totally gone of topic now..

I saw. I read. It was interesting.

Well, it would seem that the topic almost always turns to kinky stuff eventually on this site.

[KerantliDreamer]

I saw. I read. It was interesting.

Well, it would seem that the topic almost always turns to kinky stuff eventually on this site.

Interesting is one way of putting it thats for sure. kinda helps that everyone I write about is in the same universe as well, as its easier to keep track of that way, so for example Cub from Cubs Adventures will be making a guest appearance in A Love Like This and characters from ALLT will be in CA. At least, thats what I've planned out in my head and on my laptop/in my notebook.

As for kinks, I'm sorta glad that there are the codes on here otherwise I'd have a lot of people reading and thinking "what the hell is she on?" though, after so many years of reading the archive, I know there are "worse" or darker kinks than my own (for example, someone has challenged me to write a rape/necrophilia oneshot that is squicking me out, but i accepted the challenge and I'm seeing it through.)

[Techno-Ninja]

Interesting is one way of putting it thats for sure. kinda helps that everyone I write about is in the same universe as well, as its easier to keep track of that way, so for example Cub from Cubs Adventures will be making a guest appearance in A Love Like This and characters from ALLT will be in CA. At least, thats what I've planned out in my head and on my laptop/in my notebook.

As for kinks, I'm sorta glad that there are the codes on here otherwise I'd have a lot of people reading and thinking "what the hell is she on?" though, after so many years of reading the archive, I know there are "worse" or darker kinks than my own (for example, someone has challenged me to write a rape/necrophilia oneshot that is squicking me out, but i accepted the challenge and I'm seeing it through.)

I imagine having everything in the same universe makes writing easier. :3 Does it? O:

I'm in the process of creating a universe for my OC's to frolic in. That in itself is difficult. @.@ But I think it will be fun once I get everything straightened out. ^^

I'm glad there are codes too, for the most part. For certain warnings like the ones that involve character death though, it can take away from the suspense or tragedy of a story.

It's very hard to squick me. It's only happened once on this site. I've read a lot of dark stuff too. The thing that squicked me wasn't even dark. It was just so poorly written that it made my eyes bleed. Am I a terrible person for thinking/admitting that? I wish you luck in that challenge fic. It seems like it would be a difficult thing for most people to write about.

There's necrophilia in one of my stories, but it's only a technicality. XP

[BoredStraight]

I recently gave my archive profile link to a friend. She read my original stories, and said she was scarred for life.

I don't think I have any friends (other than some people on here) who could really be accepting of my...smuttier writings.

I'm starting to notice a certain trend for fetishes within my writing. XD

I've never been brave enough to show anyone the erotica I write. I've only shown a few people some of my tamer stories, but I haven't given anyone my archive link. I guess I'm afraid they would judge me or just pretend to love it. Its hard to get honest opinions about your writing from people you know.

[Techno-Ninja]

I've never been brave enough to show anyone the erotica I write. I've only shown a few people some of my tamer stories, but I haven't given anyone my archive link. I guess I'm afraid they would judge me or just pretend to love it. Its hard to get honest opinions about your writing from people you know.

I could say the same thing. I gave this particular friend a link, because she's a very honest, and opinionated person. She also lives 2,000 miles away. XD

I don't think I could ever show my "IRL" friends my work. I'm afraid they would think less of me.

I think the only exceptions to that rule are my boyfriend, (who thinks I am a good writer, but doesn't like fan fiction.) and my anime convention buddy, who has actually requested stories from me.

[Melsiebug]

A while ago I told my sister I had been writing stuff and posting it online, I knew she couldn't read it as she had no internet acess, but then recently she told me she was getting broadband and asked where my "novel" was, as she put it.

I couldn't tell her not to read it, but I kind of needed to warn her as well, or she was in for a bit of a shock. I'm not sure how much she got of what I was telling her, she'd never heard of slash, or come across the world of online smut writing, and although I don't write it she'd never even heard of fanfic either (I guess you miss a lot not being online for years), and I'm not sure she got just how explict it is.

I don't know if she's read it yet, I think I may text her right now to find out, I really have no idea what she's going to make of it.

[BoredStraight]

A while ago I told my sister I had been writing stuff and posting it online, I knew she couldn't read it as she had no internet acess, but then recently she told me she was getting broadband and asked where my "novel" was, as she put it.

I couldn't tell her not to read it, but I kind of needed to warn her as well, or she was in for a bit of a shock. I'm not sure how much she got of what I was telling her, she'd never heard of slash, or come across the world of online smut writing, and although I don't write it she'd never even heard of fanfic either (I guess you miss a lot not being online for years), and I'm not sure she got just how explict it is.

I don't know if she's read it yet, I think I may text her right now to find out, I really have no idea what she's going to make of it.

Wow you are braver than me! Keep us posted on her reaction!!

[Melsiebug]

So, got a text back from sis, she's enjoying it, she's got to chap 3.

First sex scene is in chap 4, seem to remember it's pretty vanilla, I work on the theory that you have to build (whole thing is 46 chaps long), but she has never read any of this stuff before. Her response to that is going to be interesting...

[BoredStraight]

So, got a text back from sis, she's enjoying it, she's got to chap 3.

First sex scene is in chap 4, seem to remember it's pretty vanilla, I work on the theory that you have to build (whole thing is 46 chaps long), but she has never read any of this stuff before. Her response to that is going to be interesting...

Well it's good she likes it so far! I would be so nervous about her reading the smutty parts! Keep us posted!

[Techno-Ninja]

You're a brave soul, Melsiebug.