Thread: technology...a friend or foe of art and literature?

Can you imagine how hard editing would be if you had to use a typewriter? If you accidentally left out a word on page two, you'd have to retype the whole thing. That's no way to write.

Originally Posted by Gamer_2k4

Can you imagine how hard editing would be if you had to use a typewriter? If you accidentally left out a word on page two, you'd have to retype the whole thing. That's no way to write.

i'm sure people back then paid far more attention to detail on their drafts. so would i and i'm sure so would you. we're
all fairly lax about stuff like that now because we can be.

^True. But I think being lax helps, as while good spelling, grammar and obedience to the language can tell a story, it won't just tell a good one. The writer niin your mind often writes better when not concerned making the first draft perfect. I operate a system of not caring about anyhing other than the story I weant to tell until I've written the bit I want to tell of it. Only then do I go back and make it perfect in terms of SPAG and all the other niggles I always end up sorting out.

I couldn't work with a typewriter - I just couldn't.

i personally pay a lot of attention to my 1st draft. everything about it. i've never written a 2nd draft of anything
in my life and i don't want to. i mean, i go back and fix an occasional typo, but that's about the extent of it. at least so far.
i'm too damn lazy and impatient for rewrites.