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Adam Nathan Wieland's avatar

Welcome! And may I suggest a fountain pen over the regular ballpoint? Your 1/2 way to looking like a writer just by using one :) and really they are very good, and a hobby in their own right :)

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Andrea D. Mali's avatar

Always loved writing with those, even if my fingers are always messy after. A special talent I guess :)

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Cami's avatar

Oh to have a feather quill. Also I have to agree with Shareese—for not a writer, you wrote this really well!!

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Little Writing Corner's avatar

Hi Andrea. Great post. You are a writer - you are writing! I like that part about typewriters and also imagining someone writing a whole novel by hand!!! When my grown-up daughter was a baby I wrote a whole novel on a portable typewriter (with a carbon copy). I was very disciplined with how I wrote it - a chapter at a time after going back, editing then retyping the chapter before!! Was it any good? I have no idea as I put it away in a folder not knowing what to do with it back then! I no longer write that way but know that I found a way that worked for me then, and I've found a way that works for me now. You are there Andrea, you are writing. Bravo.

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Shareese's avatar

You wrote this so well I could practically hear the typewriter’s ding at the end of each line! There’s something about that tactile resistance and sound that made writing feel more intentional.

Welcome 🐣 by the way!

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Andrea D. Mali's avatar

Thank you ❤️

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