Fighting an Internet addiction that is keeping you from being productive? Trying to figure out how to get in touch with your more playful creative side?
Consider using a notebook.
As a pure experiment, I wrote yesterday’s chapter of Substance using a notebook. Yes, it was the usual crappy first draft, but I found it easier to access the plot points and the characterizations I wanted.
After doing this, I transcribed the chapter, and now I will embellish it on computer.
It doesn’t take me a whole lot less time to do this than it would for me to pour over it. Plus I focused on the story, rather than getting distracted, and that helped me access creativity.
Your mileage may vary, but I think I’ll be playing this way for a bit.
Catherine
An electronic notebook, or a paper one?
Notebook (disambiguation)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Notebook may refer to:
Notebook, style of writing pad
Notebook (style), writing style
Notebook computer, a type of laptop
The Notebook, a 1996 romance novel
The Notebook (film), a 2004 movie based on the book
Notebook (film), 2006 Indian (Malayalam) film
“Notebook”, a poem by Patti Smith from her 1994 book Early Work
I too am working offline today (mostly) with the humble pen and paper. It’s a nice change and, so far, very productive.
Unfortunately, years of using a typewriter, terminal, desktop, and laptop has allowed my initially poor handwriting to degenerate to where I can’t always read it.
And block lettering is so slow.
ANd on a related note:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/31/fashion/calendar-wars-pit-electronics-against-paper.html?pagewanted=all