On what do you write?

[samhasstories]

On an old crappy laptop. I hate doing just about anything on my phone. The screen's too small, the 'keys' are too small. It's mostly a repository for spam calls and the occasional text.

 

[Handley_Page]

Desk-top PC (Windoze 11 !) & Libre Office (I had trouble with Word)

 

[KeithD]

Word on Desktop, when home, and laptop, when traveling.

 

[JaySecrets]

Lol... how, at 45, am I the only one who composes on the oldest-school version, pen and paper?

 

[KeithD]

Lol... how, at 45, am I the only one who composes on the oldest-school version, pen and paper?

Not here. I haven't been able to read much of my own handwriting for years.

 

[Dearelliot]

I have been using a desk top pc since 1980 with my first Commodore.

 

[32aa]

Desktop. The screen is bigger. I can feel the keys. Have Grammerly helping and fixing my typos.

I can't imagine punching in a 10K word story on my Android. My fingers are too big and keeps hitting the adjacent key instead of the letter i want. It takes me forever just to type in a 20 word text message.

But then... I'm old.

 

[Bamagan]

Scribed with blood on the inner side of the skin of a ram, then burned under the light of the new moon with appropriate mantras. Admittedly, editing post-submission is challenging.

 

[EmilyMiller]

Lady, a word of advice from an oldster with neuropathy. Take better care of your hands. All that iddity-bitty finger business, including thumbs, will give you some major life-long issues down the road. Regular keyboards are my bane these days - pins and needles on every keystroke.

We will be the arthritic generation…

 

[dadadadiox]

I am a bit embarrassed to admit I don't even own a working computer anymore and write my stories on my phone which is quite laborious and a bit annoying at times. Anyone else?

I write on a laptop but I use my iPhone for writing all the time. Waiting in a doctor’s office, far too long after my appointment time, I popped out a scene with dialogue. I needed an annoyed tone for one of my characters and my doctor put me in the perfect state of mind to write a bitchy character venting.

If I get an inspiration and need to write it quickly before I lose it, my phone is there to preserve the moment for later use.

 

[intim8]

gedit on Linux Mint desktop, blue switch clicky keyboard, git repo on another machine for near real-time backup and in case I ever need versioning.

 

[Fatdog25]

Lately, it's been on my phone since I've been feeling more productive early in the morning and I would prefer not to wake up the spouse.

Editing and uploading are done on the laptop. I use Google Docs, although I have issues with random capitalization and occasionally deleting the entire word instead of just the wrong characters when using the phone.

 

[AG31]

I dictate my stories to my secretary.

Truly????

 

[AG31]

Word on an ancient Dell laptop. I can't imagine writing a whole story on a smart phone! Just beyond conception.

 

[StillStunned]

Truly????

Fortunately not. Can you imagine? "I'm sorry, Mr Stunned, I need to take another break."

 

[Britva415]

It would be crippling to not be able to use a full size keyboard to write.

I type so fast it sounds like paper tearing, someone said to me once. I do not consider the slowness of a phone keyboard to be any sort of boon or advantage, or positive in any way at all.

I can't imagine not being able to write as fast as I think. Ideas would evaporate, I'd lose the thread. the process would be slowed down by a factor far greater than the difference in typing speed.

 

[intim8]

I type so fast it sounds like paper tearing,

Use a clicky keyboard? They're faster and less hand strain/fatigue.

 

[stonedinstilletos]

On an iPad. Usually using google.

 

[MillieDynamite]

Levono laptop and desktop computers. I use MS Word, Grammarly for spelling and punctuation, and Jo as a proofreader before I send stories to my editor/publisher.

 

[dmallord]

Levono laptop and desktop computers. I use MS Word, Grammarly for spelling and punctuation, and Jo as a proofreader before I send stories to my editor/publisher.

I'm in a parallel universe here. I peck away on a MacBook Pro, using an outdated version of MS Word that Microsoft no longer supports. Grammarly Pro helps with spelling, punctuation, and some sub/verb agreements. I send my work to Kenjisato, a Lit grammarian, who makes me look more like a fair seventh-grade-level speller/writer.

Among other programs, he edits on a PC with MS Word. There are compatibility issues with our versions. I get back things that I must retype to fix problems with apostrophes and problems using quotes with Italic fonts. It takes a couple of hours to review his edits, make corrections, proof them, etc., before they reach the final stage for posting on Lit.

 

[MillieDynamite]

My work usually goes up for sale for a few months before it's uploaded here. These days, we go back through the stories and check for anything that smacks of AI. I don't normally have an issue with that, but I fix all those software flags.

I'm in a parallel universe here. I peck away on a MacBook Pro, using an outdated version of MS Word that Microsoft no longer supports. Grammarly Pro helps with spelling, punctuation, and some sub/verb agreements. I send my work to Kenjisato, a Lit grammarian, who makes me look more like a fair seventh-grade-level speller/writer.

Among other programs, he edits on a PC with MS Word. There are compatibility issues with our versions. I get back things that I must retype to fix problems with apostrophes and problems using quotes with Italic fonts. It takes a couple of hours to review his edits, make corrections, proof them, etc., before they reach the final stage for posting on Lit.

 

[CockSparrow]

I am old. My paternal grandparents bequeathed me gout. And I'm going blind. So a phone is for phone calls and three-word text messages. For everything else, I rely on a full-sized keyboard and a 60cm VDU hooked up to a high-powered laptop. Not exactly portable, but it works.

 

[dmallord]

My work usually goes up for sale for a few months before it's uploaded here. These days, we go back through the stories and check for anything that smacks of AI. I don't normally have an issue with that, but I fix all those software flags.

Crossing what few fingers I have left, my work must be sufficiently "AI-deprived" that Lit doesn't honor me with rejecting it for such an attribute.

 

[VallesMarineris]

Scrivener on an M1 16” MacBook Pro.

I became an expert touch typist long ago because I have dysgraphia (I can read fine, but I have trouble writing by hand— my penmanship is horrible). I can type as fast as I can talk. I often write with my eyes closed and just let the words flow out.

I use my iPhone and iPad to write down notes as I come up with ideas and they’ll be waiting for me when I get back to my laptop. But they’re way too slow for actual writing.

 

[lustychimera]

I am a bit embarrassed to admit I don't even own a working computer anymore and write my stories on my phone which is quite laborious and a bit annoying at times. Anyone else?

I bought a Bluetooth keyboard on Amazon that'll fold in the middle. It's small enough that you can slip it into your back pocket, but big enough that it actually feels almost as big as a full size keyboard. It might've been like $20.

I picked it up after being out in some scenic spot and wishing I could just spend a few hours writing there. So now, I keep it in my glovebox for that reason.

It's not an amazing typing experience, but touchscreens drive me mad.