Blogflog - Do I write my books Long Hand?

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Link: Do I write my books Long Hand?
Disclaimer: This blog entry is verbatim, as originally posted on LKH's blog. Copyright belongs to Ma Petite Enterprises.

I wrote 6 pages on Affliction today. Got up to get fresh tea & had a brand new idea. Made note of it in my iPhone, because I had close at hand, if you don’t write ideas you forget them. No, really, you do. You forget them faster & more completely if you think, “This is such a great idea, I’ll never forget it.” You are now doomed to forget this idea instantly, unless you write it down.

So, I made a note & went about my day. Then later on couch resting since I’m still fighting a cold, I decided to buy my holiday ring tone from iTunes. (For those who will ask, “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch) I also remembered the note I’d made earlier. I read it over liked it & brought it up on my iPad which was handy.

I now have a page of a brand new short story. All because I wrote down the idea as it came, so I wouldn’t forget & because I admit that modern technology makes it amazingly easy to share ideas over different devices. I’m actually doing most of my notes & ideas on my iPhone, or sticky notes, & starting a lot of stories & even books on the iPad. Main computer is a PC & is for main books, or once it gets over a certain page count & I know this book is actually taking off.

I’ll finish Affliction first, but I have this short story & a novelette started on my iPad. So for those who ask, if I wrote long hand, um, no, technology rocks my muse & me.

Comments

[dreamstrifer.livejournal.com]

You know, I actually have a pretty good memory for story ideas. Unless it's pretty elaborate, I don't need to write it down. I've realized over time that I'm the minority in this. XD

[rodentfanatic.livejournal.com]

Haha, yeah, I'm like LKH (oh god never though It'd type that) in that if I don't write it down, I am DEFINITELY going to forget it. Unlike LKH seems to,though, I never assumed everyone else was ( I notice she says "you will forget it" and not "I will forget it" in this entry) and that it was probably different for everyone. Lucky you! ;D

[lady-fellshot.livejournal.com]

You lucky person you! :)

[zombiegoat.livejournal.com]

If an idea is good enough, it will keep over time. If not, it self-destructs like one of the cassettes in Mission Impossible, and thankfully so. Having a record of bad ideas lying around your writing area is a guaranteed buzzkill.