[A] scrap of paper and a stub of a pencil are more preferable for philosophizing than typing the same words down, since writing a word out, letter by letter, is a more self-conscious process and one more likely to inspire further revisions and elaborations of that thought.
Take Care of Your Little Notebook (New York Review of Books)
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Charles Simic on writing by hand
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I do most of my editing by hand, marking up the transcribed printout of the previous draft. And on my latest book, I've even switched to editing in (non-mechanical) pencil - it just has a nicer feel to it than a pen does.
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