Ways To Write

We're in a heavily media-based era.  Due to this, we as writers have several options as to what media we use to write.  Each type has advantages and disadvantages.

1. The Pencil

Advantages: 

• You can write as quickly as you can move your hands
• Minor mistakes can be erased
• Pencils and paper are inexpensive

Disadvantages: 

• Heavy revisions make your paper very sloppy
• You can't submit something that's written in pencil
• You're limited by your own penmanship

2. The Typewriter

Advantage: 

• Neat
• Helpful to a screen-writer

Disadvantages: 

• Tough to correct mistakes
• Slow
• Highly limited fonts

3. Dictation

 

Advantages: 

• Fast
• Convenient
• Efficient

Disadvantages: 

• Punctuation is tough to handle
• Background-noise is harmful
• Extra cost (program like Dragon) or time (writing from a recording)

4. The Computer

 

Advantages: 

• Fast
• Best for submissions
• Range of fonts
• Allows you to copy/paste to email submissions or to alpha/beta-readers

Disadvantage: 

• Initial cost is high
• Good writing programs have an extra cost