Sometimes I can think of so many ways of expressing myself that I feel I'm an old typewriter, and too many keys come forward at once - and I get jammed.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
My whole career, I've tried to bounce back and forth between everything, and not get typed out. I've done a pretty good job of not getting typed.
My writing regimen is not very regimented. I tend to be a binge writer, working sometimes in the morning and sometimes all night. When I get going I like to hunch over the keyboard until I feel totally played out.
I still use a typewriter from time to time, but because I can't type as well as I used to, I really don't use one very much.
It took me 20 years to buy an electric typewriter, because I was afraid it would be too sensitive. I like to bang the keys. I'm doing action stories, so that's the way I like to do it.
If you feel you have the right key, you try to make some phrase or sound that will fit.
I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type.
I try to sit down at the typewriter four times a day, even if it's only five minutes, and write three sentences.
Not intending to be funny: I sit at the keyboard, put my fingers on the keys and go. To me, it's the real secret of writing. Put yourself in front of the screen or the blank sheet of paper and get to work.
I just sit at a typewriter and curse a bit.
Sometimes I think my writing sounds like I walked out of the room and left the typewriter running.