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blog Exercise the Muse: The Merit of the Writer's Notebook

kennyc

Inkling
Yea as far as legibility .... mine kinda sucks (even though I PRINT everything). LOL!
I often have a hard time deciphering something later ... but I do believe and have had very good
luck with going back through journals (mining the journals I call it) to find things to complete. :D
 
Yep, I use my cell phone and I sometimes record my own voice. I have my internal editor well trained to keep it shut as I write so most of my notes are just pure brainstorming. I realized I needed to keep track of my thoughts since 2010 in case my muse had something to tell and she has told awesome things since then. Now I have a world in progress and I ove it
 
I can read it, and other people have commented on how beautiful it is. I'm not sure whether to believe them or not.
My hand writting is not so good, well, if you allow me this little step out of my natural personality and speech, my hand writting SUCKS. I love keyboards and smart translators from pen to screen and word processor as well as digital recorders
 

skip.knox

toujours gai, archie
Moderator
I count it a great loss that handwriting is no longer taught or valued. I recognize that its utility has declined; that's fine; things change. But there are demonstrable mental changes that happen when a person writes by hand versus typing. It's no coincidence that so many (not all!) people say they are more creative on paper than at a computer. But when one's own handwriting is unreadable, there's no point in trying.
 

TheKillerBs

Maester
It's no coincidence that so many (not all!) people say they are more creative on paper than at a computer.
I have to wonder if that isn't a function of education rather than how the brain is wired. I remember reading a few years ago an article that I can't find at the moment about how people tend to have less reading comprehension on a screen than on paper unless they grew up with computers, in which case it was either the same or a negligible bias towards reading better on screen.
 

kennyc

Inkling
I have to wonder if that isn't a function of education rather than how the brain is wired. I remember reading a few years ago an article that I can't find at the moment about how people tend to have less reading comprehension on a screen than on paper unless they grew up with computers, in which case it was either the same or a negligible bias towards reading better on screen.

Well, since you can't remember..........
 
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