Recent content by tde44

Retired, so write in my home office. All of my drafts are done using my fountain pens and Rhodia wire bound lined A4+ notepads. At the end of each day, I enter everything into Word. When I do major edits, I print them out for review. For tracking research, timelines, character sheets, etc., I...

Most of my writing is novel length thriller/mystery and the occasional scifi. I think on average I do 5-6 revisions. I am a severe underwriter, with first drafts typically being in the 30-50k word range for a story which will end up - eventually - between 70-90k words. The first revision is...

I am a big planster. Can't really start writing a novel until I have at least a basic premise and major turns defined. This includes a beginning and an ending as well as motivation for at least the main character. BUT - I will often veer course as I go including key aspects of the start/end and...

After handwriting everything, at the end of each day I enter the info into the computer - Word for writing & OneNote for research/notes. The handwritten copy stays around until at least the first draft is printed out. The docs are stored on a local drive which is automatically backed up using...

Moving to a new house soon and the desk I am currently using is built in so can't be taken with us. This gives me the opportunity to start from scratch. All of my drafts are done by hand using fountain pens and then I enter everything into my laptop. I still print everything out and edit on the...

I am the same - everything is written out by hand using my fountain pens.

I have a collection of about 35 FP's, of which 6 or 7 are always inked. Almost all of mine have either broad or stub nibs. These slow me down, make me write larger - both factors in making my chicken scratchings more readable even to me! - and I enjoy the look of different inks on the page...

I journal and write all of my drafts out using fountain pens.