I hope everyone had a good weekend. I spent my Thanksgiving break seeing friends and family, trooping in two parades as a Jawa, and doing housework and laundry. I got some writing done, but never as much as I would like. That's why I tried writing with my smartphone this weekend. I have both Dropbox and Microsoft Office on my phone, so I saved my WIP to Dropbox and opened it on my phone. It took a while to get to the end of the document (I had to use Find on a word I'd used recently), and while I didn't have to write out whole words, formatting was more complicated. It's not as easy as writing with a regular computer, but it would be helpful for getting more writing time in--though it might compete with reading time.
Have you tried writing on a smartphone? Would you rather use that or paper?
7 comments:
Wow, that would be tiny. Writing on my iPad is small enough.
Glad you had a good Thanksgiving. Spent mine with friends and family both and got all the Christmas decorations up this weekend.
We also put up the Christmas decorations, Alex.
I avoid writing on my Smartphone. I'm not nimble enough to use two fingers.
PS That picture you posted on FB with you keeping your little Jawa warm was absolutely adorable.
I hate typing on less than a full keyboard but then I learned the home row technique.
I love the spontaneity of writing my thoughts on a smartphone and you are right, it helps to write much more, but I've lost many of my poems writing on unreliable software...and now I resort to good old notepads and the sturdy word doc!
Thanks, Maria!
Pat, I prefer a full keyboard too. That's why I have a netbook instead of a tablet.
Hi neel! Sometimes I print out the last page of my WIP and write on it by hand.
Good for you Sandra! I've written a good chunk of my books on an iPhone. Of course, obviously it is far better to use a full size keyboard on a laptop or desktop but the truth is I write in my part time when not at work. Often I could be a lunch hour of peace and quiet in a coffee shop, library or pub. I find I can write 500 words with my thumbs on a horizontal iPhone using Notes or Dropbox - both of which auto sync to my home mac. I have found that I can write like this ok but editing is much harder to cut and paste and I avoid this.
Dave
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