First Draft Club

This week I tried something new. 
Normally I write my /firstdraft in my journal & then copy it on Paragraph.
This time I typed my first draft on my mobile phone. A completely different quality.

It is much more structured and easier to copy.
But the text feels more mechanical. I've watched myself writing a sentence and then skip ahead because I had an idea of where the story was going in the text, which led to a gap that I needed to fill later. And I started to format it already, which distracted me from the a actual story.

Later I felt stuck. I didn't know what to write, how to continue. This took several days. Suddenly there was too much structure that was preventing me from writing.

Then I sat down with my diary on Sunday evening and wrote a new text with my pen. I'm happier with the result. It feels more flowy, even if it might not make full sense and is shorter. The phone was limiting my creativity, whereas writing by hand just lets it flow.

This week I tried something new. 
Normally I write my /firstdraft in my journal & then copy it on Paragraph.
This time I typed my first draft on my mobile phone. A completely different quality.

It is much more structured and easier to copy.
But the text feels more mechanical. I've watched myself writing a sentence and then skip ahead because I had an idea of where the story was going in the text, which led to a gap that I needed to fill later. And I started to format it already, which distracted me from the a actual story.

Later I felt stuck. I didn't know what to write, how to continue. This took several days. Suddenly there was too much structure that was preventing me from writing.

Then I sat down with my diary on Sunday evening and wrote a new text with my pen. I'm happier with the result. It feels more flowy, even if it might not make full sense and is shorter. The phone was limiting my creativity, whereas writing by hand just lets it flow.

https://paragraph.xyz/@bodhilama/30

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Thank you!
It’s funny how something as simple as the medium can change the whole experience of writing. I wonder if it’s about the rhythm like, writing by hand slows you down, but maybe that slowness is where the magic happens.

Love the meta-writing here! I also find writing on my phone is efficient but less fulfilling than doing it by hand or on a computer