It's interesting how your habits change over the years. When I was younger (and computer technology wasn't as advanced), I was very much a longhand writer. When I was at uni for example, I would write all my assignments by hand first before typing them up. I would then print them (on my very slow dot-matrix printer!) and hand edit before editing on the computer.
In my defence these were the days when Windows 95 was still in its infancy and I couldn't afford to upgrade. Computers really weren't as interactive back then - in fact you couldn't even shrink your windows, let alone go on the internet.
Anyway these days I am very much a computer writer - I don't think I'd have the patience to write anything beyond a couple of pages longhand. I also mainly edit on-screen. Although I do print out regularly and edit that way too - as you can miss a lot when skimming the screen.
It's great to have the technology we do - I'm not sure there would be as many writers out there if we had to do it the old-fashioned way!
In my defence these were the days when Windows 95 was still in its infancy and I couldn't afford to upgrade. Computers really weren't as interactive back then - in fact you couldn't even shrink your windows, let alone go on the internet.
Anyway these days I am very much a computer writer - I don't think I'd have the patience to write anything beyond a couple of pages longhand. I also mainly edit on-screen. Although I do print out regularly and edit that way too - as you can miss a lot when skimming the screen.
It's great to have the technology we do - I'm not sure there would be as many writers out there if we had to do it the old-fashioned way!
