Happy Fanfic Writer Friday! 

Typing. Always. For both. My typing fingers can keep up with my brain a lot faster than my writing hands. 

What I actually do is a different story, but if I can help it, I will always type. Occasionally, though, I’ll get an idea at work or in the car and I won’t have access to a computer. If I can, I’ll type it on my phone, but if, for some reason, I can’t, I have been known to write random ideas/paragraphs on sticky notes and then stick them in a convenient place where I can take them home. Other times, if I’m out running errands or something, or even if my brain is working too fast even for my typing fingers, I’ll voice record the thoughts in my head in order to get them out and not forget them. 

No matter what, though, I will always come back to typing. Even if I write something on a sticky note, or voice record it, I will ultimately wind up copying it onto my computer via typing later. And I definitely type the full fic. It’s just easier for me overall. 

Hi, anon! For writing big, long-winding segments, I vastly prefer laptops! I need to move as fast as my mind is going when I get in the zone and sometimes my pen just can’t do the job! But overall I can write either way! I’ve actually seriously enjoyed writing longhand lately but, yeah, entirely too tedious longhand is sometimes.

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