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04-25-2005, 11:17 PM
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Scribe
Join Date: Jan 2005
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What do you write on?
Paper? Stone tablet? Computer (desktop/laptop/brand?)
I just got a Dell i6000 and couldn't be happier. I switched from a bigger HP laptop that was just to heavy. I think I need to turn off the wireless during my "writing time" though because I find myself...um...posting instead!
What's your preference?
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04-25-2005, 11:19 PM
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Addict
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Inside your head.
Posts: 131
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old and a new
I write on the old Spiral Notebook by day, and by night I write on an eMac.
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04-25-2005, 11:41 PM
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pliable
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Posts: 12,607
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I have one of those nice moleskin notebooks, a five star notebook, and anything that happens to be handy when an idea hits (usually at work where I'll grab a napkin or a mail routing slip).
When I'm home I write on my computer, which is a 2002 eMac.
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04-25-2005, 11:45 PM
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Adept Writer
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Waco, TX
Gender: Male
Posts: 840
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I used to write on the asylum walls, but they gave me a computer after finding out it disturbed the others. 
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04-25-2005, 11:45 PM
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Addict
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Inside your head.
Posts: 131
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2002 eMac
Thats the same one I have ^_^ neat. I like writing on it I like the format.
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I reject your reality, and substitute my own.
No good deed goes unpunished!
I'm single and thats the way I wanna be!
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04-25-2005, 11:55 PM
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Best Seller
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: sitting on the dock of the bay, wasting time
Gender: Female
Posts: 603
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I tend to do longhand first drafts, and edit as I type it up - that way, I've got two definate drafts. During on screen editing, which draft is which can become a little blurry. So now I copy the document into a new one when I decide it's time for a new draft.
That answered the qu and then got off track. Sorry.
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04-26-2005, 12:03 AM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: sort of upstate NY
Posts: 2,834
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I switch between my Dell DIM2100 and a binder full of paper. For outlines, notes, and working out scenes I am having trouble with I prefer the binder but the bulk of the actual story is written on the comp.
I wish I had a laptop but any money I get in the near future is going into maintaining the computer I already have. After that, we'll see.
--DM--
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04-26-2005, 12:08 AM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: West Virginia, USA
Posts: 4,259
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I usually use a combination of loose leaf for when I am not around my computer and then my desktop computer.
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04-26-2005, 12:10 AM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Texas
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,816
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Drugs.
Er...Compaq. Don't do drugs.
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04-26-2005, 12:29 AM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Vancouver, Washington
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,210
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I typically write it in a composition book, spiral, or just a blank peice of paper. I then do my re-write when I type it.
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04-26-2005, 12:52 AM
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Prolific Writer
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Colorado
Posts: 294
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Usually my computer, but when it's unavailable I prefer my Big Chief writing tablet. It's old-school .
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04-26-2005, 01:33 AM
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Ink Slinger
Join Date: Oct 2004
Posts: 4,826
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I have notebook where I write down ideas and draw rough pictures for characters or settings, and if I am struggling writing on the labtop I go to the notebook. I just hate that becuase then I have to type it up.
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04-26-2005, 01:42 AM
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Profound Writer
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: I really just wanna see how long a message I can type in here before the words get cut off and you c
Gender: Male
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Computer.
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04-26-2005, 04:14 AM
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pliable
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Juneau, Alaska
Posts: 12,607
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Bleh. I don't like taking notes on computers or paper... On paper I can't go back and respace everything if I need to make more space, and computers are just a hassle for notes because I can't draw diagrams or switch from one page to another with ease.
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04-26-2005, 04:17 AM
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Prolific Writer
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Melbourne
Posts: 489
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Computer, but sometimes I use paper like a Stone Age person.
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