I started writing fanfiction back when I was about 8-9 years old by hand in notebooks. This expanded to various crazy longer novels that were a combination of my ideas and borrowed stuff (still probably today what gets posted as fanfic) but it would take up multiple 5 subject notebooks and I continued writing hours a day like that all the way through high school In my American History class in high school, the teacher liked to include essays on tests where students could score as many points as possible with how much they could write. But it couldn't just be listing facts. It needed to be an essay. On my final exam for that history class, I scored 250 points on the exam (100 was an A+). My ability to just quickly write was insane compared to anyone else in the class. My teacher was blown away how anyone could write that fast in an organized way. But I had been doing it for years.
As a published author who is a pretty good typist, I still write books in notebooks and I love it. I have the exact pens I love to use (and I go through a ton) and the exact notebooks. It's become something of an obsession at this point.
I have always found journaling helpful for solidifying ideas and have seen the effect writing things by hand has had on people around me. My stepdad was a respiratory therapist, and he said he struggled in medical school. In order to retain things he learned in class, he said he not only wrote his notes, but copied them AGAIN to reemphasize to his brain it was important. My daughter also has ADHD, and can never remember anything she reads. But lately, she started writing notes in a journal as she was reading, and I’ve seen her comprehension increase! Maybe she’s not remembering it all, but at least she has a copy to go back and look at in her own words! Great video!
Thanks Coty! Really glad you enjoyed the video. I did a lot of writing by hand when I was in law school and that helped me so much to retain all the facts and case details. Thats why I am so passionate about writing by hand. Its helped me a lot.
I write my entire book by hand, by chapters. Glue pieces of paper all over with additional notes and references 😂 I love writing ideas in pencil, and all my research too. Not clutch pencils, but good old fashioned wood. But black pen when I start the first draft. I then type out the novel, which becomes the second draft. No idea why I do this, it just feels right for the first draft to be hand written. I mean a book is never the first draft and the first chapter always changes 😂
Writing first drafts by hand is proving a really popular technique - we've come across so many more people using this method than we expected - love it!
Interesting content, thank you. An unsolicited tip: with a dynamic microphone like the nice one you have, it needs to be much closer to you to get better quality sound.
Thank you for a grand video, I only wish you would compare pen and paper with a computer, are there any cognitive differences, or any other differences at all?
I wrote a novel by hand this year and found it easy. I had found that keying a draft into a computer didn't work at all for me. I have a typewriter and wonder if typing (typewriter) comes closer to handwriting than keying (computer). I will test this for novel number two.
Would be interesting to hear how you find a typewriter. Heating more and more people say they have written their books first draft by hand which is amazing!
I am disabled, with hand-eye coordination problems. I always use a computer to write or print anything, because writing it out by hand first, then rewriting it on a computer just seems like a colossal waste of time. Also, writing by hand is terribly quaint these days...Sadly, I only have over thirty years of writing experience...what do I know? You're good at making UA-cam videos, though.
Thanks! Really it all comes down to what works best for you, your creative process and ultimately getting your book finished. If your current way of doing it works then keep going I say ☺️
I am partially disabled, and struggle to type. Handwriting thus allows me to write my book, and have someone else type it. Been writing for 8 years. So what?
I started writing fanfiction back when I was about 8-9 years old by hand in notebooks. This expanded to various crazy longer novels that were a combination of my ideas and borrowed stuff (still probably today what gets posted as fanfic) but it would take up multiple 5 subject notebooks and I continued writing hours a day like that all the way through high school In my American History class in high school, the teacher liked to include essays on tests where students could score as many points as possible with how much they could write. But it couldn't just be listing facts. It needed to be an essay. On my final exam for that history class, I scored 250 points on the exam (100 was an A+). My ability to just quickly write was insane compared to anyone else in the class. My teacher was blown away how anyone could write that fast in an organized way. But I had been doing it for years.
Amazing story thanks for sharing that! That is an incredible hand writing pace - well done!
As a published author who is a pretty good typist, I still write books in notebooks and I love it. I have the exact pens I love to use (and I go through a ton) and the exact notebooks. It's become something of an obsession at this point.
Oh really! I love this insight. I actually spoke to someone yesterday who does the same. Typing by hand has such incredible benefits for writers.
I have always found journaling helpful for solidifying ideas and have seen the effect writing things by hand has had on people around me. My stepdad was a respiratory therapist, and he said he struggled in medical school. In order to retain things he learned in class, he said he not only wrote his notes, but copied them AGAIN to reemphasize to his brain it was important. My daughter also has ADHD, and can never remember anything she reads. But lately, she started writing notes in a journal as she was reading, and I’ve seen her comprehension increase! Maybe she’s not remembering it all, but at least she has a copy to go back and look at in her own words! Great video!
Thanks Coty! Really glad you enjoyed the video. I did a lot of writing by hand when I was in law school and that helped me so much to retain all the facts and case details. Thats why I am so passionate about writing by hand. Its helped me a lot.
I write my entire book by hand, by chapters. Glue pieces of paper all over with additional notes and references 😂
I love writing ideas in pencil, and all my research too. Not clutch pencils, but good old fashioned wood. But black pen when I start the first draft. I then type out the novel, which becomes the second draft. No idea why I do this, it just feels right for the first draft to be hand written. I mean a book is never the first draft and the first chapter always changes 😂
Writing first drafts by hand is proving a really popular technique - we've come across so many more people using this method than we expected - love it!
Interesting content, thank you.
An unsolicited tip: with a dynamic microphone like the nice one you have, it needs to be much closer to you to get better quality sound.
Thanks and good tip
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Thanks Emma!
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Great insight! Thank you
Very welcome!
Thank you for a grand video, I only wish you would compare pen and paper with a computer, are there any cognitive differences, or any other differences at all?
Writing on a keyboard doesn't give the same cognitive benefits
@@publishingpushofficial my anecdotal non scientific personal experience is that a screen online, doesnt allow the brain to accumulate and process.
I wrote a novel by hand this year and found it easy. I had found that keying a draft into a computer didn't work at all for me. I have a typewriter and wonder if typing (typewriter) comes closer to handwriting than keying (computer). I will test this for novel number two.
Would be interesting to hear how you find a typewriter. Heating more and more people say they have written their books first draft by hand which is amazing!
I write by hand then type it up.
Love this! More and more hand writers - its such a great way to write
What if I used a tablet to write down some sentences? Does that make sense?
Absolutely! And that is still handwriting
but I have arthritis... when I write for more than ten minutes my writing hand cramps so badly that I have to stop :(
This is just an observation - write in the way that works best for you :)
I am disabled, with hand-eye coordination problems. I always use a computer to write or print anything, because writing it out by hand first, then rewriting it on a computer just seems like a colossal waste of time.
Also, writing by hand is terribly quaint these days...Sadly, I only have over thirty years of writing experience...what do I know? You're good at making UA-cam videos, though.
Thanks! Really it all comes down to what works best for you, your creative process and ultimately getting your book finished. If your current way of doing it works then keep going I say ☺️
I am partially disabled, and struggle to type. Handwriting thus allows me to write my book, and have someone else type it. Been writing for 8 years. So what?