tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post8657736865520836212..comments2024-03-02T09:41:35.809-08:00Comments on Donkeylicious - A Blog by Neil Sinhababu and Nicholas Beaudrot: The Long-Form LifeNeil Sinhababuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03249327186653397250noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3401584991689197404.post-58552783497299287212013-01-22T09:58:12.174-08:002013-01-22T09:58:12.174-08:00"In a similar vein, if you write for a living..."In a similar vein, if you write for a living, I strongly encourage you to write at least one article per week on pen and paper. Losing access to easy editing forces you to think differently, and, in my untrained experience, produce higher quality writing."<br /><br />That may be true for you, but in my personal experience it's quite the opposite. The ability of my fingers to almost keep up with my thoughts enables me to write far better than I could otherwise, and the ability to edit in real time enables me to clarify my original thoughts much more precisely as well.<br /><br />Back in the pen-and-paper days (which I was in until I was 40), I'd usually just throw in the towel trying to write. My mind would be racing far, far ahead of where my writing was on the page, and I'd quickly lose the thread.<br /><br />To go back to pen and paper would be like becoming a character in the Vonnegut short story "Harrison Bergeron."<br /><br />-ltcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com