As a creative writer, I find that there is something incredibly cold and sterile about that blank white page in Microsoft Word waiting to be filled out. There is so much that can be seen in that page – you can study your own thought process, you can better understand how your creative mind works, and you can see the effort that it took to get to that final product.
To see that process documented, to understand how you got from point A to point B in your thinking, with all the scrawls, crossed out sentences, misspelled words, is important for a writer, especially for a creative writer. Words get crossed out, thoughts begin, and take a different tangent, veering off into other directions.
#Penc and pape trial
Writing using a pen and paper is a process of trial and error. The emotional and creative side of things are just as important, if not more so. Personally, I cannot find a better alternative to the simplicity of writing a list, and crossing off tasks once they are done. The problem with a lot of the productivity methods available is that I find myself wasting more time setting it up, and figuring out ways to make the system work, than actually getting my work done. I consistently come back to the simplest method of them all – keeping a handwritten to-do list. I usually last about a week, if I’m lucky, before the system and app is long forgotten. I’ve tried mobile and desktop apps like Things and Wunderlist. From the elaborate GTD system, to the Pomodoro system. I’ve tried a lot of different productivity methods.
Even without the Internet, if you’re struggling to write something up, Minesweeper can sometimes seem like a more appealing, and an utterly useless way to spend your time.Īnd when you’re out and about, it is far easier to jot down a thought or add an item to a list in a notebook than it is to unlock your phone, open up an app, and type, swype or even record your thought. It’s easy to get sucked into Twitter, email or Google Reader, amongst many other things. But there’s nothing faster than flipping open your notepad and turning to the page you want.Īnother practical problem when using a computer to write is the inordinate amount of distractions. Of course, today between syncing several devices, online services that perform automatic backups to the cloud like Dropbox, and much, much more, it’s pretty easy to access something you’ve written in a variety of ways. While typing can be more efficient, a pen and paper is often much more practical. I may not write up long one thousand word articles using a pen and paper, but there are many other situations where putting pen to paper is a more satisfying, more organised, and potentially a more creative experience. The act of putting pen to paper, of making an effort, together with your inherently personal handwriting has both practical and emotional benefits.
Whether it’s a mundane to-do list or the beginnings of a best-selling novel, using a pen and paper can be very satisfying, if not a little messy. But there is something to be said for the simplicity of the pen and paper. The last time I wrote something of this length by hand was probably in university during an exam, and I can’t imagine how I did it then. I only got about four paragraphs in before my hand started to ache, and my paper was a mess of scrawls, crossed out sentences, quickly becoming more and more illegible as I went further down the page. We love how Gen's style blends thrift store finds with a modern point of view! With this fabulous design eye, we couldn't wait to see how Gen styled her Avery Raffia Console.I decided to write this entire article up using a pen and paper, with the intention of typing it up once I was done. Gen has collaborated with Reese Witherspoon's Draper James, was named Southern Living's 2016 Kitchen of the Year and has been highlighted as an Interior Designer to follow on IG in Vogue Magazine.
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