Jimbob

I generally start out with a ball-point and a yellow legal pad. Then I scrawl out what I want to say without much regard for spelling, coherence or anything else but marginal legibility.

Then I scratch out words, write over words, and then re-write. When I begin to see where I want to go with the piece, I take it to the computer.
If I start with the computer, I feel compelled to correct all the typos, misspellings and awkward phrases before I can go on, which disrupts the creative flow and leaves me staring at a few well-typed lines.

i'm not saying that this the best way for everyone to write, but it works for me. I suspect that this springs from the fact that I started typing long before there were home computers or word processors, and correcting anything typed was very difficult. There seems to be some part of my mind that still doesn't understand that it's really easier to delete, add, and cut and paste than it is to do all that scratching out and re-writing from the beginning.

Jimbob

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Wisp

Hmmm I would have to say I only write on the computer. I can't stand my handwriting. If I get an idea in my head during the day, I will text it to myself via my cellphone.

ButteredKazoo

I use lipstick and toilet paper. Then I shove all the wads of colored tissue into my cd drive and PRESTO! on the screen pops all my work, perfectly formatted and edited for grammar and whatnot.

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Titania

*cough* Bk that's brilliant...

Personally, I would die without my laptop. I write notes longhand sometimes (the end result being I have random notebooks scattered throughout my room along with the books, binders of writing, and other assorted objects... there's a stack of pencils next to my bed half of which don't work or have no lead... ah, the life of a writer / high school student) but something about my computer just helps me sit down and start to actually write.

Generally if I come up with something while I'm not at my computer, I either write it down on whatever's handy or... just try and remember it I guess. I turned in my math homework once with bits of a story-line outlined in one corner, that got some interesting looks from the teacher...

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agracebella

I've got a red composition book for my character stuff (I've got a new one now--yay for new composition books!)

I write with one of those spiffy mechanical pencils on college ruled paper, and I generally keep my writing in a plastic folder (the paper ones rip too easily)...

I probably would write on a computer if I were not still in school, but... it's okay. I like the silver from the graphite that gets left on my hand after I write. I'm a lefty, so of course that happens... hehe.

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Kylie

i don't write at the moment trying to get into it but i know i will write long hand and on a computer.

amortentia23

I usually start things off in longhand in my notebook- if it's poetry, I do a rough draft then type it up on the computer if I feel like posting it anywhere. For prose, I just continue the story on the computer-I password-protect it though.

Erik Buchanan

I'm another computer writer - for novels at least. Plays I tend to do longhand. Same with short stories.

I want a laptop. That would be nice...

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StephenP2003

My handwriting is so bad that I can't recognize words several days after I write them. I am computer all the way, pre-formatted, in MS Word (or Final Draft for scripts).

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RomanticRose

Some things, like newsletters, articles, columns, I compose directly at the keyboard.

The raw creative work of a romance novel or the general fiction work in progress, I start longhand, the do basically the first proofing/editing pass when I type in the day's work.

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ArlenOrobono

I write all first drafts with pencil and paper. Pencil so I can erase, and paper so I can scribble little things all over the margins for later ^.~. Personally, I type far too quickly for the kind of thought I like to put into my writing, so longhand generally works out better.

cowpops

I need to draft long-hand first. Then I type and edit.

I carry a notebook with me wherever I go, in a manly backpack that goes wherever I go.

I also carry a music composition notebook with me wherever I go. It's come in handy more times than one.

Even if you don't like writing music, I suggest it.

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Industrial

I write it on paper, I cant focus at all when I'm on the computer. Once it gets where I want it to be I transfer it to MSWord where I make all the corrections.

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jooniper

Laptop and jot notes and ideas down in little notebooks.