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Why did Hemingway, Twain, Plath and a many more of authors used to write exclusively with typewriters?
Is there a particular advantage of them over pen and paper?

>> No.12347168

Because they didn't have computers.

>> No.12347179

Ive wanted a typewriter for a while now becuase I get easily distracted when I write on my computer and the screen is bad for my eyes. Any recs?

>> No.12347192

>>12347179
here's one: don't.

>> No.12347206

>>12347179
typewriters are way more cumbersome than you’d think

just do all of your brainstorming and groundwork with pen and paper and then come to the comp.

pens are for writing, computers for typing

>> No.12347240

>>12347168
I just feel like words do not flow unobstructively while I am writing staring at a computer screen. I dunno why this happens, is it just me?

>> No.12347343

>>12347240
you're just making excuses.

>> No.12348437

Bump

>> No.12348462

>>12347240
Get the oldest and shittiest laptop you can find. Physically remove the wifi card (it will be removable in an old laptop). Delete everything except your word processor. Write.

>> No.12348489

>>12347240
Nothing more obstructive than running out of an ink ribbon.

>> No.12348495

>>12347240
It's not just you. Computer screens change the way we engage with and process information.
That's why e-readers (electronic ink) and books are superior to screens when reading longform pieces.

>> No.12348601

>>12348495
what do you mean by 'change'? You mean it impedes with the creative flow?

>> No.12348697

>>12347179
just unplug your ethernet cable.

>> No.12348771

>>12348462
Okay, Franzen.

>> No.12348788
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>>12347179
Get a freewrite bro
you can take it down to a coffee shop
i got kicked out for using typewriters there before but this, this you're cool. women and all sorts of people love asking questions about it, it is a real conversation piece ya know?

>> No.12349128

>>12348788
this looks like a fun toy to have

>> No.12349160
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>>12348788
You can pick up old school word processing computers for tenth of the price.

>> No.12349173

>>12349160
not mechanical, dude.

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>>12347128
If you are practised at it, typing allows you to write more quickly and legibly than pen and paper. Of course the most important thing is to write, no matter which way you find to be the most comfortable for you. Never mind how others approach it, follow your own muse. Isaac Asimov always wrote in longhand, for example, at a time when typewriters were ubiquitous...