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I dislike word processors in general when it comes to
creative writing. I see the creative process as personal, and the keyboard
simply doesn't seem personal to me. There's too much mechanism between me and
the work when I try to use the computer to do my first drafts. I can't touch
the work, can't feel it. It's just electrons on a screen without substance.
That's why I prefer to write all my initial drafts longhand. I can actually
feel the flow of the work at the end of the pen, the pressure against the page
is natural and subtly satisfying. I feel the transfer of idea from my mind to
the page is more true to the spirit of the work.
