I write in both. Sometimes I feel like I have no inspiration with a computer, so I will write in a notebook to at least get started and then I switch to the computer. Poetry, I almost always write on paper and then transfer it.
i just write it on the specific website i am sharing it in, if i am writing something for deviantart, i write it here, or for another example if i write something on a XYZ website, i write it there.. helps with classifying ideas according to the audience of the website, ofc if the writing tool in that website doesn't sux hard that is; and the most important thing is to save it occasionally if it is a long or quality writing.
I type everything. I type first drafts, final drafts, notes, plans for future chapters, reminders about the current chapter, passages I want to insert at the right time. It all gets typed into either OpenOffice or Notepad.
These days I don't even use my paper note book while I am away from my computer as often as I used to. More and more of my random ideas get typed into my phone as a reminder instead of written in pen.
There's really no "should" on this matter, it just depends on what's most comfortable for you.
My tendency is to prefer pen and paper for drafting or planning, typing for finished drafts. More recently, in order to conserve paper, I've done more of the initial writing using Scrivener. But I'm a pretty tactile person, I like scribbling on pages, circling stuff, crossing stuff out, and as I've had to go back and re-plan the story I've been working on the last year, I've also gone back to pen and note paper.
Usually it just depends on where I am when I'm writing. A lot of what I've written has been written during classes in school, so any of them are written on paper. But if I have a computer or some sort of device I can type on handy and can use it at the time, then I prefer that. It's easier to fix mistakes and edit that way.
Then again, I have very little that is solely on one or the other. Almost everything I've done has been split between the two because I work on them at different times with different resources available.
it depends. i usually write it out in Word, print it, edit it by hand, type in the changes, print it again, one more edit and that's it. sometimes i start it by hand and then type it in and repeat the process.
do what you want, this is not an exact science. what matters is the product, now how you get there.
If you value your penmanship, writing drafts by hand is the way to go. You'll lose your handwriting skills over time the longer you go without a pencil, something I discovered the hard way. I type 95 WPM, and I still can't get my ideas down quickly enough before I lose the flow. I don't like the pacing when I write by hand. Scenes tend to end too early I guess because I'm abbreviating thoughts as a compromise to the slow speed the pen travels. Plus, the backspace button doesn't work on paper.
However, nothing beats the joy of writing down a whole scene on paper, on the fly, as it hits you at 3 am without a keyboard in sight.
My wrist would slit itself if I tried to write on paper. Haven't really had to do that since I left high school and that was a good ten years ago. Good riddance I say.
So yeah, I write everything on the computer. A lot faster and much easier to make sure you lose nothing if something happens. Copies everywhere and in different places and all that. Honestly speaking a notebook is just way too easy to lose or destroy and then you've lost all that work.
If I absolutely had to write by hand I'd go with something like Livescribe just to be on the safe side.
Depends on what I'm writing, come to think of it. Visual stories like a fantasy novel with lots of maps and puzzles I write out on paper so that I can draw all the maps and stuff right there next to the story. I tried doing my NaNoWriMo on paper though but after about 100 pages, I gave up and went to the computer only because I write at like... what 40-50 words a minute and I can type something like 110.
I usually write the initial sketches on napkins, receipts, or whatever I happen to have handy when I think of them. Later I'll collect them, lay them out on my desk, and type everything up before the cat pounces on the papers and knocks them all over the floor.
>>> I have heard from mainly people you should write your drafts by hand
There are very little "should"s in creative processes, but I'm still curious why <whoever> said that.</whoever>
I prefer to do planning on paper. It's a bit easier to shift things around, write notes in the margins, etc. If I had a tablet computer with me at all times, and could write up a decent program to take notes with, I'd prefer to go all electronic. It'd keep my notes safe from the cat
They actually had made something for writers a few years ago that was like that which was portable to take with you! It wasn't a computer, but it allowed you to plug in a USB to save your work on and upload it to your laptop later. I don't remember what they were called, but I remember them being listed in the Writers' Digest magazine quite frequently a while back. Not too sure how well they worked, though...
There seems to be a growing market for ~$20 computers. If I didn't have other things to do, I'd buy one and see what I could whip up. But I have other priorities, and it's hard to justify the time when my current system does work.
When I write short stories, I like to use paper because I feel more in tune with my story (if that makes any sense). I write one draft then edit then re-write 3 time on paper before I even think about typing it.
I don't write any draft on paper, notes yes. I can't image writing say a 100k word novel on notebook paper. I can't even imagine how many notebooks that would be spread out over. I mean even is I were to write say a short-story. It's on computer.
I usually just do all my work on my laptop. I can't remember the last time I used pen and paper to sit and write any of my stories out (before my laptop, I actually used a typewriter ). There is no right or wrong way of how to do things-- everyone just has their own way that works best for them and is most comfortable.
Typically my first ideas come to me when there is no computer in sight, so pen or pencil is my first draft after that I use the computer unless an idea comes to me at an inopportune moment, then back to the old standby journal that never leaves my side. I've been known to write on my arms when I run out of paper.
I do both. I prefer the computer, but if I'm out and about I have no problem writing in a journal. The main reason I prefer the computer is that I can type much faster than I can write, and my hand writing is atrocious so I sometimes run into the issue of not knowing what the hell I've written down.
I also don't use Word. I much prefer Scrivener which is designed specifically around fiction writing and it has a lot of cool features that Word either doesn't have or just aren't as user friendly/accessible in Word.