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I've also been on a SF binge. I can tell I've been stressed and needed the escapism of distant planets and different ideas. I'm...

I've been on a sci-fi kick recently. I just reread some Heinlein novels I enjoyed as a teen, namely, Have Space Suit - Will Travel and...

Simon and Garfunkel.

It surely depends on what you are writing. I have two 'live' projects at present, one a fantasy, one an alternate history. The latter...

Absolutely. You could read for four hours a day, every day, and still not be able to produce a single sentence of note. Writing and...

What I'm struggling to understand is why any writer would resist reading.

Reading, on its own, is not a guarantee of making you a good writer.

You can learn how to write up to a point from books and courses. What you will struggle to learn is how to be a good writer. Courses...

I handwrite mine and then type it up (see my earlier answer), you're definitely not alone.

Nice writing desk — I'm envious! My handwriting was a wreck. Then I saw a fountain pen video and was taken back to fifth grade, my...

You are not alone! I do most of my writing with pen and paper on my writing desk. I have a collection of fountain pens, stationery, and...

I must be alone in this - I really enjoy writing first drafts by hand. I have a luxury leather notebook which I take with me everywhere...

I'm something of an old-timer on the old site. You're reaching all the way back to 2009 when I signed up, a fresh-faced second year...

Just another .orger who is trying to write some books. I used the 'old' forums more as a rhetoric sandbox than a fiction writing one...

I joined .org on 28 January 2014. I just blew over two hours clicking back through all 4,500+ of my posts trying to find my New Member's...