inkstains

It's very hard for me to leave the house without something to record my daily thoughts in. Inspiration comes from all places.

For notes and half-baked ideas, I enjoy a pen & paper. I have a writing journal from 2003 that is scarecely used, but that doesn't stop me from scribbling ideas and doodling in the margins! This collective place is ideal because I can go back and search/refine concepts later.

I use a computer often, mostly for posting, but also in the actual writing stage as well. I can type quicker than I write (longhand), but I sometimes find that typed drafts are less vibrant then their handwritten bretheren. Formatting poetry is a nightmare via Word2007, but is has to be done!

Ideally I'll do anything I can by hand. If I hit a creative oil sprig, then I'll type it out (because I'll forget it all too quickly). But I agree with mercredi, there's a certain satisfaction in penning something by hand. My writing also changes according to my mood, so I visually see the emotion I was feeling during the time a piece was written. It's always cool to look back on.

Oh, but I'd secretly love a typewriter.