I often write in pencil on paper and then type up later. It's much quicker than using a keyboard.
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I don't write directly on to the computer because I don't think well facing forward with fingers on a keyboard. I think better looking down holding a pen. And the concentration quotient of pen and paper is higher than when I'm moving words around on screen.
I write by hand and then transfer the text onto the computer. I like the process of actually having a pen in my hand. Things flow more easily for me that way.
If I could write directly on a typewriter or a computer, I would do it. But keyboards have always intimidated me. I've never been able to think clearly with my fingers in that position. A pen is a much more primitive instrument. You feel that the words are coming out of your body and then you dig the words into the page.
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.
I happen to write by hand. I don't even type.
I type most of my books for the first chapter or two - I use a manual typewriter for the first 50 pages or so - and then I move to the computer. It helps me keep the work lean so I don't end up spending 10 pages describing a leaf.
I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type.
I do a lot of revising on paper. Sometimes I think I should just write longhand - what I type reads very different once I print it out.
I don't use a computer in writing at all. I'm sort of old-fashioned about it.
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.