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I think it will be important, as my generation grows up and starts to raise the next one, for us to retain and encourage this skill.  While writing by computer offers the advantages of speed and easy editing, that doesn't mean that it is wholly "better."  In a recent article on The Guardian's Books Blog, Alison Flood compares contemporary writing strategies to the method employed by Jack Kerouac with On The Road (emphasis mine):

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Of course, wannabe Kerouacs could always snap up their own Olivetti and bundle in the rolls of paper, but it seems to me that the birth of the computer has led, largely, to the death of the genuine stream of consciousness novel.


I feel like I always come back to the same advice when writing posts like these: Moderation is the key.  Just because something is easier or convenient, doesn't mean it's the best.  After all, while it's important for us to strive after innovation to help remove some of the friction in our lives... what is a world without friction?  What is a world without effort or struggle or pain?  Just as it's important to have tools that give us speed and the ability to revise, it's also important to cultivate habits of taking one's time, and getting it right the first time.  While we don't have to force ourselves to use these old habits exclusively (as some purists would have us do), the skills and lessons that those habits teach us -- and taught generations of people before us -- are still important to cultivate.

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  • http://jarredtaylor.com Jarred Taylor

    Some good comments from the syndicated verison of this post over on Brazen Careerist:

    Anna writes:

    "Can I just say how excited I was to see you cite Paul Auster? He's my favorite author. I didn't know about his writing method until now, but it makes sense, given his preoccupation with notebooks in his work.

    And I agree. Writing by hand is so important to forming a relationship with words. The words are more permanent when you're writing on paper–so you have to be careful with your choices.

    In my creative writing classes in college, I always wrote poetry on paper rather than directly into the computer. It's so important in that genre to think before you write, and as you write.

    There are definitely huge advantages–as you cited–to writing on a computer. But there are just as many advantages to taking part in the older methods of recording information :)."

    And Scott M. makes a good point, as well:

    "You know, it's just 'different strokes for different folks'. I much prefer taking notes and writing on the computer, because I can type as fast as I can think.

    For me, writing slowly does not make me think more slowly. It interrupts my thought process, since my mind is aleady 10 steps ahead of my hand by the time I get my thoughts on paper."

  • http://www.intensedebate.com/people/Jarred Jarred

    Some good comments from the syndicated verison of this post over on Brazen Careerist:

    Anna writes:

    "Can I just say how excited I was to see you cite Paul Auster? He's my favorite author. I didn't know about his writing method until now, but it makes sense, given his preoccupation with notebooks in his work.

    And I agree. Writing by hand is so important to forming a relationship with words. The words are more permanent when you're writing on paper–so you have to be careful with your choices.

    In my creative writing classes in college, I always wrote poetry on paper rather than directly into the computer. It's so important in that genre to think before you write, and as you write.

    There are definitely huge advantages–as you cited–to writing on a computer. But there are just as many advantages to taking part in the older methods of recording information :)."

    And Scott M. makes a good point, as well:

    "You know, it's just 'different strokes for different folks'. I much prefer taking notes and writing on the computer, because I can type as fast as I can think.

    For me, writing slowly does not make me think more slowly. It interrupts my thought process, since my mind is aleady 10 steps ahead of my hand by the time I get my thoughts on paper."

  • http://jarredtaylor.com Jarred Taylor

    And from Tim:

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    And from Tim:

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