tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post7477930751367917144..comments2024-02-12T02:28:12.317-05:00Comments on The Writers' Group: The Pen is MightiestLynne Griffin and Amy MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11107479565926998943noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-59854717600513181292008-06-13T10:08:00.000-04:002008-06-13T10:08:00.000-04:00Amen to saying no. I feel that way about the cell...Amen to saying no. I feel that way about the cell phone more strongly than I do about the computer, truth be told. My work clients know my cell is "the world is crumbling" point of contact (so they email, so I'm on the computer all the time... ah well!).<BR/><BR/>HannahLynne Griffin and Amy MacKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107479565926998943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-4691728817859102972008-06-12T23:59:00.000-04:002008-06-12T23:59:00.000-04:00Hannah,What a beautiful post - what a way to handl...Hannah,<BR/><BR/>What a beautiful post - what a way to handle a fatal error! I almost threw my computer out the window when I got mine...not my best moment.<BR/><BR/>There is something very powerful about writing long-hand. For me, it relates to a stronger connection between the paper, my body and my evocative right brain. Somedays it pays to just say no to the computer!<BR/><BR/>Thanks for a great post!<BR/><BR/>TiffanyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-78163410010387722212008-06-11T13:26:00.000-04:002008-06-11T13:26:00.000-04:00Thank you, Larramie. And Kira, I love how you bal...Thank you, Larramie. And Kira, I love how you balance the tech with the real thing. I own a manual, too, an old one with the round keys. I love that thing. Anyone else with an old black metal dinosaur on a shelf or in a closet?<BR/><BR/>HannahLynne Griffin and Amy MacKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107479565926998943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-90452512548679612532008-06-11T12:49:00.000-04:002008-06-11T12:49:00.000-04:00I didn't even blanch when I saw your "Fatal error"...I didn't even blanch when I saw your "Fatal error" message. I've been well trained. I was given an old Gateway laptop, for which I am eternally grateful. However, knowing that it is circa 1998, I back up every time I shut down and even if I just put it to sleep (now there's a concept!) for a lunch break. <BR/><BR/>Some days it take four or five tries to get it to boot up without some fatal error. (They really aren't so fatal.)<BR/><BR/>It was hard to find a thumbdrive that worked with a system that old, so I'm careful with that, too. I also use Google Documents for a backup, although not religiously. Seems easier than emailing and you can work right in there, anywhere you have the Internet, which my old laptop doesn't have. So I also back up to the desktop computer (that I share) and from there to Google.<BR/><BR/>Pre-laptop, I wrote everything on paper, then typed into the computer when I could get time on it. I love writing by hand (though retyping is a pain). It slows me down and makes me compose a full sentence before I start. But I like the computer for just spilling my guts onto the page without wasting paper. Then I can go back and keep the good and toss the bad.<BR/><BR/>I also have a manual typewriter, which I figure will come in handy when our infrastructure goes completely bust (though I suppose it'll be hard to get ribbons for it). Love the clicky-clack of the keys and the sheer strength it takes to use it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-51656884976840974522008-06-11T12:31:00.000-04:002008-06-11T12:31:00.000-04:00The Muse was watching over you in more way than on...The Muse was watching over you in more way than one, Hannah, and -- without doubt -- this WIP must be a keeper.Larramiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14788910637361812265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-89827041234290456442008-06-11T12:25:00.000-04:002008-06-11T12:25:00.000-04:00I might follow your lead, Judy, in working longhan...I might follow your lead, Judy, in working longhand to start -- although how to show pages to the Group? Have to figure that one out! Good for you for saving the day, Mo, with that backup. I was lucky this time, or maybe sensed all was not well. Ugh. Am going to back up every comma change now! It was definitely nice to plan out what I had in my head by writing it out, making notes, getting back to that vein. I highly recommend pen to paper, even for an exercise; certainly don't wait for an emergency!<BR/><BR/>HannahLynne Griffin and Amy MacKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107479565926998943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-47113007499333836302008-06-11T11:41:00.000-04:002008-06-11T11:41:00.000-04:00Pen to paper. It seems so much like a thing of the...Pen to paper. It seems so much like a thing of the past. I shall have to try it more often...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-55469284158303420062008-06-11T10:40:00.000-04:002008-06-11T10:40:00.000-04:00Hannah...my stomach dropped for you...I've had tha...Hannah...my stomach dropped for you...I've had that happen too, way back when I first started writing...I lost everything, and had to start from scratch [which I now know was a good thing].<BR/><BR/>Now, everytime I write, I save on the hard drive, also on a thumbdrive, and then I email it to myself...neurotic? You bet!<BR/><BR/>I also did a lot of writing for a laywer over the past year, and saved the same way...good thing, because when his computer blew up 2weeks before trial(yes, really, when he plugged it in, it popped, then smoked and died...) I had his whole case saved in email and a thumb drive.<BR/><BR/>Enjoyed your post...best wishes with your queries...would love to buy your book!<BR/>Momohanley5https://www.blogger.com/profile/15661471734563580359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-17717070462265439422008-06-11T09:29:00.000-04:002008-06-11T09:29:00.000-04:00I love writing longhand--a nice ink pen (no mere B...I love writing longhand--a nice ink pen (no mere Bic for me!), fresh legal pads--practically makes me swoon. The first draft of my first novel was written entirely that way--and I highly recommend it. Somehow, it feels closer to the vein.<BR/><BR/>But, I'm glad your computer was fixed . . . and that you'd backed up your WIP.Judy Merrill Larsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06675069484490433295noreply@blogger.com