The most recent poem I posted is, I think, pretty different from what I’ve been posting.
It was a piece I had been working on, had abandoned, and decided to revisit after the “ghostly” comments of yesterday (thanks, upendedurn and anselm23). I figure if an image is in the air enough to make a couple of people look for it, and to make me use the same image in a different poem, it’s time to go back and look at it again.
I put finishing touches to it, at least for this draft, and posted it. I felt like I needed to get back in the saddle fast after yesterday’s locked, whiny post.
I looked it over and realized how different it was structurally, and it struck me that a major difference was that it was written in Word instead of directly in the LJ posting space. That seems to make me more willing to stretch out and play with longer lines, more extended narrative structures, etc.
The tools, I think, make a difference.
I long ago stopped writing in longhand, not finding it especially well adapted to the way I write (with lots of editing as I go, cut and paste, etc.) Word works well enough for me.
I may go back, now, and see if there is a difference in the way I write a longhand poem as well; something I’ve missed there that I need to recapture — something in kinesthetic learning, etc.
Does anyone else have anything to say on their experience with this?
Dark Matter 
March 19th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
They all do slightly diffferent things to me. Writing directly in the LJ space i’m ususally dumping something strait out of my brain or that came out in a text editor when i was doing something else.
Usually, i write in word or some variation there of… i know that it changes my writing, but i’m not sure how.
I’m slightly dyslexic disgraphic… so writing long hand is hard, it tires me… i tend to write in sections the size of the piece of paper i’m writing on…
*shrug*
If i’m “inspired” though, it comes out how it comes out, regardless of the medium.
March 19th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
They all do slightly diffferent things to me. Writing directly in the LJ space i’m ususally dumping something strait out of my brain or that came out in a text editor when i was doing something else.
Usually, i write in word or some variation there of… i know that it changes my writing, but i’m not sure how.
I’m slightly dyslexic disgraphic… so writing long hand is hard, it tires me… i tend to write in sections the size of the piece of paper i’m writing on…
*shrug*
If i’m “inspired” though, it comes out how it comes out, regardless of the medium.
March 19th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
They all do slightly diffferent things to me. Writing directly in the LJ space i’m ususally dumping something strait out of my brain or that came out in a text editor when i was doing something else.
Usually, i write in word or some variation there of… i know that it changes my writing, but i’m not sure how.
I’m slightly dyslexic disgraphic… so writing long hand is hard, it tires me… i tend to write in sections the size of the piece of paper i’m writing on…
*shrug*
If i’m “inspired” though, it comes out how it comes out, regardless of the medium.
March 19th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
They all do slightly diffferent things to me. Writing directly in the LJ space i’m ususally dumping something strait out of my brain or that came out in a text editor when i was doing something else.
Usually, i write in word or some variation there of… i know that it changes my writing, but i’m not sure how.
I’m slightly dyslexic disgraphic… so writing long hand is hard, it tires me… i tend to write in sections the size of the piece of paper i’m writing on…
*shrug*
If i’m “inspired” though, it comes out how it comes out, regardless of the medium.
March 19th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
They all do slightly diffferent things to me. Writing directly in the LJ space i’m ususally dumping something strait out of my brain or that came out in a text editor when i was doing something else.
Usually, i write in word or some variation there of… i know that it changes my writing, but i’m not sure how.
I’m slightly dyslexic disgraphic… so writing long hand is hard, it tires me… i tend to write in sections the size of the piece of paper i’m writing on…
*shrug*
If i’m “inspired” though, it comes out how it comes out, regardless of the medium.
March 19th, 2005 at 10:38 pm
They all do slightly diffferent things to me. Writing directly in the LJ space i’m ususally dumping something strait out of my brain or that came out in a text editor when i was doing something else.
Usually, i write in word or some variation there of… i know that it changes my writing, but i’m not sure how.
I’m slightly dyslexic disgraphic… so writing long hand is hard, it tires me… i tend to write in sections the size of the piece of paper i’m writing on…
*shrug*
If i’m “inspired” though, it comes out how it comes out, regardless of the medium.
March 18th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
John Updike
John Updike once noted that he kept a manual typewriter in his study, a legal pad in the living room, a composition book by the door into the back yard, and (later) a computer at his desk. He would write essays in the study, fiction in the living room, and poetry in the garden. When he got stuck in one place and mode, he would switch rooms and write using different materials and media.
I found his pattern to be a valuable insight. I mostly keep my journal in LiveJournal now, recording events and dates and difficulties. Short stories belong to the computer. The epic goes in one kind of notebook, and that one kind of notebook alone; it’s always longhand. Other poetry goes in other notebooks, usually in block print; sonnets go in a specific size-and-shape book with a wraparound leather cover, sometimes in shorthand, sometimes in block print, and occasionally in backwards Leonardo DaVinci style writing.
I think that what you write with and what you write on has a serious effect on how you write and what you write.
I think what I write on,
March 18th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
John Updike
John Updike once noted that he kept a manual typewriter in his study, a legal pad in the living room, a composition book by the door into the back yard, and (later) a computer at his desk. He would write essays in the study, fiction in the living room, and poetry in the garden. When he got stuck in one place and mode, he would switch rooms and write using different materials and media.
I found his pattern to be a valuable insight. I mostly keep my journal in LiveJournal now, recording events and dates and difficulties. Short stories belong to the computer. The epic goes in one kind of notebook, and that one kind of notebook alone; it’s always longhand. Other poetry goes in other notebooks, usually in block print; sonnets go in a specific size-and-shape book with a wraparound leather cover, sometimes in shorthand, sometimes in block print, and occasionally in backwards Leonardo DaVinci style writing.
I think that what you write with and what you write on has a serious effect on how you write and what you write.
I think what I write on,
March 18th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
John Updike
John Updike once noted that he kept a manual typewriter in his study, a legal pad in the living room, a composition book by the door into the back yard, and (later) a computer at his desk. He would write essays in the study, fiction in the living room, and poetry in the garden. When he got stuck in one place and mode, he would switch rooms and write using different materials and media.
I found his pattern to be a valuable insight. I mostly keep my journal in LiveJournal now, recording events and dates and difficulties. Short stories belong to the computer. The epic goes in one kind of notebook, and that one kind of notebook alone; it’s always longhand. Other poetry goes in other notebooks, usually in block print; sonnets go in a specific size-and-shape book with a wraparound leather cover, sometimes in shorthand, sometimes in block print, and occasionally in backwards Leonardo DaVinci style writing.
I think that what you write with and what you write on has a serious effect on how you write and what you write.
I think what I write on,
March 18th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
John Updike
John Updike once noted that he kept a manual typewriter in his study, a legal pad in the living room, a composition book by the door into the back yard, and (later) a computer at his desk. He would write essays in the study, fiction in the living room, and poetry in the garden. When he got stuck in one place and mode, he would switch rooms and write using different materials and media.
I found his pattern to be a valuable insight. I mostly keep my journal in LiveJournal now, recording events and dates and difficulties. Short stories belong to the computer. The epic goes in one kind of notebook, and that one kind of notebook alone; it’s always longhand. Other poetry goes in other notebooks, usually in block print; sonnets go in a specific size-and-shape book with a wraparound leather cover, sometimes in shorthand, sometimes in block print, and occasionally in backwards Leonardo DaVinci style writing.
I think that what you write with and what you write on has a serious effect on how you write and what you write.
I think what I write on,
March 18th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
John Updike
John Updike once noted that he kept a manual typewriter in his study, a legal pad in the living room, a composition book by the door into the back yard, and (later) a computer at his desk. He would write essays in the study, fiction in the living room, and poetry in the garden. When he got stuck in one place and mode, he would switch rooms and write using different materials and media.
I found his pattern to be a valuable insight. I mostly keep my journal in LiveJournal now, recording events and dates and difficulties. Short stories belong to the computer. The epic goes in one kind of notebook, and that one kind of notebook alone; it’s always longhand. Other poetry goes in other notebooks, usually in block print; sonnets go in a specific size-and-shape book with a wraparound leather cover, sometimes in shorthand, sometimes in block print, and occasionally in backwards Leonardo DaVinci style writing.
I think that what you write with and what you write on has a serious effect on how you write and what you write.
I think what I write on,
March 18th, 2005 at 10:13 pm
John Updike
John Updike once noted that he kept a manual typewriter in his study, a legal pad in the living room, a composition book by the door into the back yard, and (later) a computer at his desk. He would write essays in the study, fiction in the living room, and poetry in the garden. When he got stuck in one place and mode, he would switch rooms and write using different materials and media.
I found his pattern to be a valuable insight. I mostly keep my journal in LiveJournal now, recording events and dates and difficulties. Short stories belong to the computer. The epic goes in one kind of notebook, and that one kind of notebook alone; it’s always longhand. Other poetry goes in other notebooks, usually in block print; sonnets go in a specific size-and-shape book with a wraparound leather cover, sometimes in shorthand, sometimes in block print, and occasionally in backwards Leonardo DaVinci style writing.
I think that what you write with and what you write on has a serious effect on how you write and what you write.
I think what I write on,
March 18th, 2005 at 9:14 pm
For poetry – I ALWAYS first draft longhand. I find I write different kinds of poems based on whether I use pen or pencil, which I find decidedly odd.
I then type, and edit as much as need in Word. But I am completely and totally unable to compose poetry on the computer.
Fiction I write 99% on the PC only. Occasionally, I’ll scribble a scene or something in a notebook if it’s all I’ve got.
March 18th, 2005 at 9:14 pm
For poetry – I ALWAYS first draft longhand. I find I write different kinds of poems based on whether I use pen or pencil, which I find decidedly odd.
I then type, and edit as much as need in Word. But I am completely and totally unable to compose poetry on the computer.
Fiction I write 99% on the PC only. Occasionally, I’ll scribble a scene or something in a notebook if it’s all I’ve got.
March 18th, 2005 at 9:14 pm
For poetry – I ALWAYS first draft longhand. I find I write different kinds of poems based on whether I use pen or pencil, which I find decidedly odd.
I then type, and edit as much as need in Word. But I am completely and totally unable to compose poetry on the computer.
Fiction I write 99% on the PC only. Occasionally, I’ll scribble a scene or something in a notebook if it’s all I’ve got.
March 18th, 2005 at 9:14 pm
For poetry – I ALWAYS first draft longhand. I find I write different kinds of poems based on whether I use pen or pencil, which I find decidedly odd.
I then type, and edit as much as need in Word. But I am completely and totally unable to compose poetry on the computer.
Fiction I write 99% on the PC only. Occasionally, I’ll scribble a scene or something in a notebook if it’s all I’ve got.
March 18th, 2005 at 9:14 pm
For poetry – I ALWAYS first draft longhand. I find I write different kinds of poems based on whether I use pen or pencil, which I find decidedly odd.
I then type, and edit as much as need in Word. But I am completely and totally unable to compose poetry on the computer.
Fiction I write 99% on the PC only. Occasionally, I’ll scribble a scene or something in a notebook if it’s all I’ve got.
March 18th, 2005 at 9:14 pm
For poetry – I ALWAYS first draft longhand. I find I write different kinds of poems based on whether I use pen or pencil, which I find decidedly odd.
I then type, and edit as much as need in Word. But I am completely and totally unable to compose poetry on the computer.
Fiction I write 99% on the PC only. Occasionally, I’ll scribble a scene or something in a notebook if it’s all I’ve got.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:50 pm
For me I write best in word. I’ve got most of the auto-edit stuff turned off…just spelling left. I’ll occasionally start on the page, but that’s usually because at that time I don’t have access to a computer.
Even when I do write on the page, it’s difficult, and i often don’t finish the poem. I get to a certain point and I think “Ok, this needs to be run through a computer now.” Like you Tony I make tons and tons of edits on the fly and play with a line, or a word, or a stanza a bunch before moving on to even figure out what the next one is going to be. It’s really hard to do that effectively without a good text editing program in which you know lots of keyboard shortcuts. On the page, it’s just too much work. I’ve burned out whole pencil erasers on one draft of a 15 line poem.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:50 pm
For me I write best in word. I’ve got most of the auto-edit stuff turned off…just spelling left. I’ll occasionally start on the page, but that’s usually because at that time I don’t have access to a computer.
Even when I do write on the page, it’s difficult, and i often don’t finish the poem. I get to a certain point and I think “Ok, this needs to be run through a computer now.” Like you Tony I make tons and tons of edits on the fly and play with a line, or a word, or a stanza a bunch before moving on to even figure out what the next one is going to be. It’s really hard to do that effectively without a good text editing program in which you know lots of keyboard shortcuts. On the page, it’s just too much work. I’ve burned out whole pencil erasers on one draft of a 15 line poem.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:50 pm
For me I write best in word. I’ve got most of the auto-edit stuff turned off…just spelling left. I’ll occasionally start on the page, but that’s usually because at that time I don’t have access to a computer.
Even when I do write on the page, it’s difficult, and i often don’t finish the poem. I get to a certain point and I think “Ok, this needs to be run through a computer now.” Like you Tony I make tons and tons of edits on the fly and play with a line, or a word, or a stanza a bunch before moving on to even figure out what the next one is going to be. It’s really hard to do that effectively without a good text editing program in which you know lots of keyboard shortcuts. On the page, it’s just too much work. I’ve burned out whole pencil erasers on one draft of a 15 line poem.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:50 pm
For me I write best in word. I’ve got most of the auto-edit stuff turned off…just spelling left. I’ll occasionally start on the page, but that’s usually because at that time I don’t have access to a computer.
Even when I do write on the page, it’s difficult, and i often don’t finish the poem. I get to a certain point and I think “Ok, this needs to be run through a computer now.” Like you Tony I make tons and tons of edits on the fly and play with a line, or a word, or a stanza a bunch before moving on to even figure out what the next one is going to be. It’s really hard to do that effectively without a good text editing program in which you know lots of keyboard shortcuts. On the page, it’s just too much work. I’ve burned out whole pencil erasers on one draft of a 15 line poem.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:50 pm
For me I write best in word. I’ve got most of the auto-edit stuff turned off…just spelling left. I’ll occasionally start on the page, but that’s usually because at that time I don’t have access to a computer.
Even when I do write on the page, it’s difficult, and i often don’t finish the poem. I get to a certain point and I think “Ok, this needs to be run through a computer now.” Like you Tony I make tons and tons of edits on the fly and play with a line, or a word, or a stanza a bunch before moving on to even figure out what the next one is going to be. It’s really hard to do that effectively without a good text editing program in which you know lots of keyboard shortcuts. On the page, it’s just too much work. I’ve burned out whole pencil erasers on one draft of a 15 line poem.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:50 pm
For me I write best in word. I’ve got most of the auto-edit stuff turned off…just spelling left. I’ll occasionally start on the page, but that’s usually because at that time I don’t have access to a computer.
Even when I do write on the page, it’s difficult, and i often don’t finish the poem. I get to a certain point and I think “Ok, this needs to be run through a computer now.” Like you Tony I make tons and tons of edits on the fly and play with a line, or a word, or a stanza a bunch before moving on to even figure out what the next one is going to be. It’s really hard to do that effectively without a good text editing program in which you know lots of keyboard shortcuts. On the page, it’s just too much work. I’ve burned out whole pencil erasers on one draft of a 15 line poem.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:47 pm
I did write longhand, but since I switched to Word, I’ve never looked back. It’s just easier. And when I wrote longhand, I didn’t edit much, cuz it was too much trouble.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:47 pm
I did write longhand, but since I switched to Word, I’ve never looked back. It’s just easier. And when I wrote longhand, I didn’t edit much, cuz it was too much trouble.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:47 pm
I did write longhand, but since I switched to Word, I’ve never looked back. It’s just easier. And when I wrote longhand, I didn’t edit much, cuz it was too much trouble.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:47 pm
I did write longhand, but since I switched to Word, I’ve never looked back. It’s just easier. And when I wrote longhand, I didn’t edit much, cuz it was too much trouble.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:47 pm
I did write longhand, but since I switched to Word, I’ve never looked back. It’s just easier. And when I wrote longhand, I didn’t edit much, cuz it was too much trouble.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:47 pm
I did write longhand, but since I switched to Word, I’ve never looked back. It’s just easier. And when I wrote longhand, I didn’t edit much, cuz it was too much trouble.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:05 pm
I’m a Notepad fanatic.
I write and save everything in Notepad and then move it around to different applications(LJ, Word, Frame Maker etc).
I still write in long hand, but only when I’m not near a computer. But I work with computers constantly. Notepad is a friendly basic format.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:05 pm
I’m a Notepad fanatic.
I write and save everything in Notepad and then move it around to different applications(LJ, Word, Frame Maker etc).
I still write in long hand, but only when I’m not near a computer. But I work with computers constantly. Notepad is a friendly basic format.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:05 pm
I’m a Notepad fanatic.
I write and save everything in Notepad and then move it around to different applications(LJ, Word, Frame Maker etc).
I still write in long hand, but only when I’m not near a computer. But I work with computers constantly. Notepad is a friendly basic format.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:05 pm
I’m a Notepad fanatic.
I write and save everything in Notepad and then move it around to different applications(LJ, Word, Frame Maker etc).
I still write in long hand, but only when I’m not near a computer. But I work with computers constantly. Notepad is a friendly basic format.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:05 pm
I’m a Notepad fanatic.
I write and save everything in Notepad and then move it around to different applications(LJ, Word, Frame Maker etc).
I still write in long hand, but only when I’m not near a computer. But I work with computers constantly. Notepad is a friendly basic format.
March 18th, 2005 at 6:05 pm
I’m a Notepad fanatic.
I write and save everything in Notepad and then move it around to different applications(LJ, Word, Frame Maker etc).
I still write in long hand, but only when I’m not near a computer. But I work with computers constantly. Notepad is a friendly basic format.
March 18th, 2005 at 5:59 pm
Electronic formats are pretty much the same to me, I think, especially since I use an LJ client with a very Word-like interface and the ability to save drafts. If I’m blocked though, I find switching from keyboard to pen and back again helps, and sometimes writing it in one form and editing it in another form gives me the fresh sight I need to really see it.
March 18th, 2005 at 5:59 pm
Electronic formats are pretty much the same to me, I think, especially since I use an LJ client with a very Word-like interface and the ability to save drafts. If I’m blocked though, I find switching from keyboard to pen and back again helps, and sometimes writing it in one form and editing it in another form gives me the fresh sight I need to really see it.
March 18th, 2005 at 5:59 pm
Electronic formats are pretty much the same to me, I think, especially since I use an LJ client with a very Word-like interface and the ability to save drafts. If I’m blocked though, I find switching from keyboard to pen and back again helps, and sometimes writing it in one form and editing it in another form gives me the fresh sight I need to really see it.
March 18th, 2005 at 5:59 pm
Electronic formats are pretty much the same to me, I think, especially since I use an LJ client with a very Word-like interface and the ability to save drafts. If I’m blocked though, I find switching from keyboard to pen and back again helps, and sometimes writing it in one form and editing it in another form gives me the fresh sight I need to really see it.
March 18th, 2005 at 5:59 pm
Electronic formats are pretty much the same to me, I think, especially since I use an LJ client with a very Word-like interface and the ability to save drafts. If I’m blocked though, I find switching from keyboard to pen and back again helps, and sometimes writing it in one form and editing it in another form gives me the fresh sight I need to really see it.
March 18th, 2005 at 5:59 pm
Electronic formats are pretty much the same to me, I think, especially since I use an LJ client with a very Word-like interface and the ability to save drafts. If I’m blocked though, I find switching from keyboard to pen and back again helps, and sometimes writing it in one form and editing it in another form gives me the fresh sight I need to really see it.
March 18th, 2005 at 5:27 pm
I tend to write a lot of poems long hand. The problems comes in that a lot of my long hand work is still sitting there long hand. I’ve been fearful to transcribe it to computer in Word… the fear comes in “What the hell am I even bothering writing for?”.
Then when I rite in Word stuff that didn’t happen in long hand comes out, it seems like total different styles, and I want to embrace them all, something I’ve been struggling with for a long time. Well, ever since college when a lot of the long-hand stuff was considired confusing and too complicated to many readers. That sidetracked me and still has in doing “real” poetry and more stories and weird stuff…
March 18th, 2005 at 5:27 pm
I tend to write a lot of poems long hand. The problems comes in that a lot of my long hand work is still sitting there long hand. I’ve been fearful to transcribe it to computer in Word… the fear comes in “What the hell am I even bothering writing for?”.
Then when I rite in Word stuff that didn’t happen in long hand comes out, it seems like total different styles, and I want to embrace them all, something I’ve been struggling with for a long time. Well, ever since college when a lot of the long-hand stuff was considired confusing and too complicated to many readers. That sidetracked me and still has in doing “real” poetry and more stories and weird stuff…
March 18th, 2005 at 5:27 pm
I tend to write a lot of poems long hand. The problems comes in that a lot of my long hand work is still sitting there long hand. I’ve been fearful to transcribe it to computer in Word… the fear comes in “What the hell am I even bothering writing for?”.
Then when I rite in Word stuff that didn’t happen in long hand comes out, it seems like total different styles, and I want to embrace them all, something I’ve been struggling with for a long time. Well, ever since college when a lot of the long-hand stuff was considired confusing and too complicated to many readers. That sidetracked me and still has in doing “real” poetry and more stories and weird stuff…
March 18th, 2005 at 5:27 pm
I tend to write a lot of poems long hand. The problems comes in that a lot of my long hand work is still sitting there long hand. I’ve been fearful to transcribe it to computer in Word… the fear comes in “What the hell am I even bothering writing for?”.
Then when I rite in Word stuff that didn’t happen in long hand comes out, it seems like total different styles, and I want to embrace them all, something I’ve been struggling with for a long time. Well, ever since college when a lot of the long-hand stuff was considired confusing and too complicated to many readers. That sidetracked me and still has in doing “real” poetry and more stories and weird stuff…
March 18th, 2005 at 5:27 pm
I tend to write a lot of poems long hand. The problems comes in that a lot of my long hand work is still sitting there long hand. I’ve been fearful to transcribe it to computer in Word… the fear comes in “What the hell am I even bothering writing for?”.
Then when I rite in Word stuff that didn’t happen in long hand comes out, it seems like total different styles, and I want to embrace them all, something I’ve been struggling with for a long time. Well, ever since college when a lot of the long-hand stuff was considired confusing and too complicated to many readers. That sidetracked me and still has in doing “real” poetry and more stories and weird stuff…
March 18th, 2005 at 5:27 pm
I tend to write a lot of poems long hand. The problems comes in that a lot of my long hand work is still sitting there long hand. I’ve been fearful to transcribe it to computer in Word… the fear comes in “What the hell am I even bothering writing for?”.
Then when I rite in Word stuff that didn’t happen in long hand comes out, it seems like total different styles, and I want to embrace them all, something I’ve been struggling with for a long time. Well, ever since college when a lot of the long-hand stuff was considired confusing and too complicated to many readers. That sidetracked me and still has in doing “real” poetry and more stories and weird stuff…
March 18th, 2005 at 4:38 pm
yup – i read you loud n’ clear.
writing longhand is really the only way that i get at least a start on thing – i can finish on the computer, but i can’t really start there.
& i have to have pencil to really get where i want to go for fiction.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:38 pm
yup – i read you loud n’ clear.
writing longhand is really the only way that i get at least a start on thing – i can finish on the computer, but i can’t really start there.
& i have to have pencil to really get where i want to go for fiction.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:38 pm
yup – i read you loud n’ clear.
writing longhand is really the only way that i get at least a start on thing – i can finish on the computer, but i can’t really start there.
& i have to have pencil to really get where i want to go for fiction.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:38 pm
yup – i read you loud n’ clear.
writing longhand is really the only way that i get at least a start on thing – i can finish on the computer, but i can’t really start there.
& i have to have pencil to really get where i want to go for fiction.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:38 pm
yup – i read you loud n’ clear.
writing longhand is really the only way that i get at least a start on thing – i can finish on the computer, but i can’t really start there.
& i have to have pencil to really get where i want to go for fiction.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:38 pm
yup – i read you loud n’ clear.
writing longhand is really the only way that i get at least a start on thing – i can finish on the computer, but i can’t really start there.
& i have to have pencil to really get where i want to go for fiction.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:29 pm
I rarely compose poetry or stories on the computer. I need the kinesthetic experience of putting the pen to ther paper to have the freedom to move around, and for the words to have the space to move around on the page.
I edit on the computer, but often find that after I print a copy out and read it to myself or perform it, that changes the editing.
Livejournal is closer to my experience of journaling, which I do less and less on paper now. Mostly I use my paper journal for journaling while I am on vacation (away from LJ) and for my periodic mandala drawings, which I find centering and grounding. Sometimes words are not the modality I need.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:29 pm
I rarely compose poetry or stories on the computer. I need the kinesthetic experience of putting the pen to ther paper to have the freedom to move around, and for the words to have the space to move around on the page.
I edit on the computer, but often find that after I print a copy out and read it to myself or perform it, that changes the editing.
Livejournal is closer to my experience of journaling, which I do less and less on paper now. Mostly I use my paper journal for journaling while I am on vacation (away from LJ) and for my periodic mandala drawings, which I find centering and grounding. Sometimes words are not the modality I need.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:29 pm
I rarely compose poetry or stories on the computer. I need the kinesthetic experience of putting the pen to ther paper to have the freedom to move around, and for the words to have the space to move around on the page.
I edit on the computer, but often find that after I print a copy out and read it to myself or perform it, that changes the editing.
Livejournal is closer to my experience of journaling, which I do less and less on paper now. Mostly I use my paper journal for journaling while I am on vacation (away from LJ) and for my periodic mandala drawings, which I find centering and grounding. Sometimes words are not the modality I need.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:29 pm
I rarely compose poetry or stories on the computer. I need the kinesthetic experience of putting the pen to ther paper to have the freedom to move around, and for the words to have the space to move around on the page.
I edit on the computer, but often find that after I print a copy out and read it to myself or perform it, that changes the editing.
Livejournal is closer to my experience of journaling, which I do less and less on paper now. Mostly I use my paper journal for journaling while I am on vacation (away from LJ) and for my periodic mandala drawings, which I find centering and grounding. Sometimes words are not the modality I need.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:29 pm
I rarely compose poetry or stories on the computer. I need the kinesthetic experience of putting the pen to ther paper to have the freedom to move around, and for the words to have the space to move around on the page.
I edit on the computer, but often find that after I print a copy out and read it to myself or perform it, that changes the editing.
Livejournal is closer to my experience of journaling, which I do less and less on paper now. Mostly I use my paper journal for journaling while I am on vacation (away from LJ) and for my periodic mandala drawings, which I find centering and grounding. Sometimes words are not the modality I need.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:29 pm
I rarely compose poetry or stories on the computer. I need the kinesthetic experience of putting the pen to ther paper to have the freedom to move around, and for the words to have the space to move around on the page.
I edit on the computer, but often find that after I print a copy out and read it to myself or perform it, that changes the editing.
Livejournal is closer to my experience of journaling, which I do less and less on paper now. Mostly I use my paper journal for journaling while I am on vacation (away from LJ) and for my periodic mandala drawings, which I find centering and grounding. Sometimes words are not the modality I need.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:16 pm
see you soon! and thanks for the info last night!
March 18th, 2005 at 4:16 pm
see you soon! and thanks for the info last night!
March 18th, 2005 at 4:16 pm
see you soon! and thanks for the info last night!
March 18th, 2005 at 4:16 pm
see you soon! and thanks for the info last night!
March 18th, 2005 at 4:16 pm
see you soon! and thanks for the info last night!
March 18th, 2005 at 4:16 pm
see you soon! and thanks for the info last night!
March 18th, 2005 at 4:14 pm
when i have thoughts for a poem in my head that needs to get out, i prefer writing things into the computer. i pretty much ignore the error messages for bad grammar and spelling mistakes and just punch it out as it flows in my head.
otherwise, the tursy journal helps me work stuff out but i know eventually i will come back to a PC since i enjoy the way it helps me frame the structure of the poem
but i always return to longhand since it helps me in my memorization process
take care!
March 18th, 2005 at 4:14 pm
when i have thoughts for a poem in my head that needs to get out, i prefer writing things into the computer. i pretty much ignore the error messages for bad grammar and spelling mistakes and just punch it out as it flows in my head.
otherwise, the tursy journal helps me work stuff out but i know eventually i will come back to a PC since i enjoy the way it helps me frame the structure of the poem
but i always return to longhand since it helps me in my memorization process
take care!
March 18th, 2005 at 4:14 pm
when i have thoughts for a poem in my head that needs to get out, i prefer writing things into the computer. i pretty much ignore the error messages for bad grammar and spelling mistakes and just punch it out as it flows in my head.
otherwise, the tursy journal helps me work stuff out but i know eventually i will come back to a PC since i enjoy the way it helps me frame the structure of the poem
but i always return to longhand since it helps me in my memorization process
take care!
March 18th, 2005 at 4:14 pm
when i have thoughts for a poem in my head that needs to get out, i prefer writing things into the computer. i pretty much ignore the error messages for bad grammar and spelling mistakes and just punch it out as it flows in my head.
otherwise, the tursy journal helps me work stuff out but i know eventually i will come back to a PC since i enjoy the way it helps me frame the structure of the poem
but i always return to longhand since it helps me in my memorization process
take care!
March 18th, 2005 at 4:14 pm
when i have thoughts for a poem in my head that needs to get out, i prefer writing things into the computer. i pretty much ignore the error messages for bad grammar and spelling mistakes and just punch it out as it flows in my head.
otherwise, the tursy journal helps me work stuff out but i know eventually i will come back to a PC since i enjoy the way it helps me frame the structure of the poem
but i always return to longhand since it helps me in my memorization process
take care!
March 18th, 2005 at 4:14 pm
when i have thoughts for a poem in my head that needs to get out, i prefer writing things into the computer. i pretty much ignore the error messages for bad grammar and spelling mistakes and just punch it out as it flows in my head.
otherwise, the tursy journal helps me work stuff out but i know eventually i will come back to a PC since i enjoy the way it helps me frame the structure of the poem
but i always return to longhand since it helps me in my memorization process
take care!
March 18th, 2005 at 4:08 pm
That worrying about losing it struck a nerve — that it might push me to briefer forms.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:08 pm
That worrying about losing it struck a nerve — that it might push me to briefer forms.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:08 pm
That worrying about losing it struck a nerve — that it might push me to briefer forms.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:08 pm
That worrying about losing it struck a nerve — that it might push me to briefer forms.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:08 pm
That worrying about losing it struck a nerve — that it might push me to briefer forms.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:08 pm
That worrying about losing it struck a nerve — that it might push me to briefer forms.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
100%.
I write in Word, occasionally in Notepad but then generally move it to Word at home for editing.
When I’ve written in LJ, I get stressed that I might lose the poem somehow, I also tend to be thinking more in LJ mode (i.e. drama and meme mode) which doesn’t translate very well into my poetry. I feel like I’m writing for LJ and not simply to write, it just doesn’t work out.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
100%.
I write in Word, occasionally in Notepad but then generally move it to Word at home for editing.
When I’ve written in LJ, I get stressed that I might lose the poem somehow, I also tend to be thinking more in LJ mode (i.e. drama and meme mode) which doesn’t translate very well into my poetry. I feel like I’m writing for LJ and not simply to write, it just doesn’t work out.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
100%.
I write in Word, occasionally in Notepad but then generally move it to Word at home for editing.
When I’ve written in LJ, I get stressed that I might lose the poem somehow, I also tend to be thinking more in LJ mode (i.e. drama and meme mode) which doesn’t translate very well into my poetry. I feel like I’m writing for LJ and not simply to write, it just doesn’t work out.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
100%.
I write in Word, occasionally in Notepad but then generally move it to Word at home for editing.
When I’ve written in LJ, I get stressed that I might lose the poem somehow, I also tend to be thinking more in LJ mode (i.e. drama and meme mode) which doesn’t translate very well into my poetry. I feel like I’m writing for LJ and not simply to write, it just doesn’t work out.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
100%.
I write in Word, occasionally in Notepad but then generally move it to Word at home for editing.
When I’ve written in LJ, I get stressed that I might lose the poem somehow, I also tend to be thinking more in LJ mode (i.e. drama and meme mode) which doesn’t translate very well into my poetry. I feel like I’m writing for LJ and not simply to write, it just doesn’t work out.
March 18th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
100%.
I write in Word, occasionally in Notepad but then generally move it to Word at home for editing.
When I’ve written in LJ, I get stressed that I might lose the poem somehow, I also tend to be thinking more in LJ mode (i.e. drama and meme mode) which doesn’t translate very well into my poetry. I feel like I’m writing for LJ and not simply to write, it just doesn’t work out.
March 18th, 2005 at 3:51 pm
Me too — but it’s usually text and stage. I do not consider a poem “done” until after it’s gone through at least a few revisions based upon performance. I consider those initial performances an integral part of the editing process.
March 18th, 2005 at 3:51 pm
Me too — but it’s usually text and stage. I do not consider a poem “done” until after it’s gone through at least a few revisions based upon performance. I consider those initial performances an integral part of the editing process.
March 18th, 2005 at 3:51 pm
Me too — but it’s usually text and stage. I do not consider a poem “done” until after it’s gone through at least a few revisions based upon performance. I consider those initial performances an integral part of the editing process.
March 18th, 2005 at 3:51 pm
Me too — but it’s usually text and stage. I do not consider a poem “done” until after it’s gone through at least a few revisions based upon performance. I consider those initial performances an integral part of the editing process.
March 18th, 2005 at 3:51 pm
Me too — but it’s usually text and stage. I do not consider a poem “done” until after it’s gone through at least a few revisions based upon performance. I consider those initial performances an integral part of the editing process.
March 18th, 2005 at 3:51 pm
Me too — but it’s usually text and stage. I do not consider a poem “done” until after it’s gone through at least a few revisions based upon performance. I consider those initial performances an integral part of the editing process.
March 18th, 2005 at 3:48 pm
I always edit in at least two different “modes”– most often longhand and Word. Never written a poem specifically on the LJ client… should try that, maybe. But transferring writing from place to place seems to temper the effects of the tools a bit, if that makes sense. For me, anyway.
March 18th, 2005 at 3:48 pm
I always edit in at least two different “modes”– most often longhand and Word. Never written a poem specifically on the LJ client… should try that, maybe. But transferring writing from place to place seems to temper the effects of the tools a bit, if that makes sense. For me, anyway.
March 18th, 2005 at 3:48 pm
I always edit in at least two different “modes”– most often longhand and Word. Never written a poem specifically on the LJ client… should try that, maybe. But transferring writing from place to place seems to temper the effects of the tools a bit, if that makes sense. For me, anyway.
March 18th, 2005 at 3:48 pm
I always edit in at least two different “modes”– most often longhand and Word. Never written a poem specifically on the LJ client… should try that, maybe. But transferring writing from place to place seems to temper the effects of the tools a bit, if that makes sense. For me, anyway.
March 18th, 2005 at 3:48 pm
I always edit in at least two different “modes”– most often longhand and Word. Never written a poem specifically on the LJ client… should try that, maybe. But transferring writing from place to place seems to temper the effects of the tools a bit, if that makes sense. For me, anyway.
March 18th, 2005 at 3:48 pm
I always edit in at least two different “modes”– most often longhand and Word. Never written a poem specifically on the LJ client… should try that, maybe. But transferring writing from place to place seems to temper the effects of the tools a bit, if that makes sense. For me, anyway.