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_refugee_  ·  3864 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Am I A Luddite? Writing with Technology (Plus, A Cat) - Kenning Blog

I've found sometimes when I have an idea I physically want to write it using one medium or another.

Usually the hot, quick & fast ideas want the keyboard - but not always. Poetry is of course also much sparser than prose. Easier to jigger on the page. After I spit out a poem it's an immediate dive into editing but it's also different editing than you'd put prose through.

I'm anal about fine points. I often blunt or break pencils, and they smudge (lefty here). I expect you will tell me the blackwing is a far superior pencil that holds its point well, doesn't smudge, and won't break, in which case I am defenseless. I strikethrough before erasing so that quality in pencils means nothing to me.

Maybe I should do a series of reviews of various writing implements. Anyone have a chisel and hammer? --- I would end up using those tools for different purposes very, very quickly I suspect.