I don't want anything to do with anything mechanical between me and the paper, including a typewriter, and I don't even want a fountain pen between me and the paper.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
But with writing, all you need is a pad of paper.
Like everything, what compels one to put pen to paper is a great question.
I'm the sort of person who doesn't write in ink. I only write in pencil, so it can be rubbed out.
Writing has become such an outlet for me that when I don't have it, I just get pent up.
I'm not happy unless I have a pen in my hand, it's really that simple.
Paper is no longer a big part of my day. I get 90% of my news online, and when I go to a meeting and want to jot things down, I bring my Tablet PC. It's fully synchronized with my office machine, so I have all the files I need. It also has a note-taking piece of software called OneNote, so all my notes are in digital form.
If I had my choice, I would be writing by typewriter. I worked on newspapers for 10 years. I typed with the touch system, and unfortunately, you can't keep typewriters going today. You have to take the ribbons back to be re-inked. You have to - it's a horrible search to try to find missing parts. So I went to the computer.
I've always written by hand. Mostly with a fountain pen, but sometimes with a pencil - especially for corrections.
To be a novelist, all I need is a pen and a piece of paper.
It's called a pen. It's like a printer, hooked straight to my brain.