Handwriting | A. W. Downer

Crap Gave Way to Something Beautiful

Posted on November 8, 2013 Leave a Comment

So, as soon as I decided I was totally going for NaNoWriMo, life got busy! I’ve written only 19 pages so (what????). That’s like, a page a day. 😦 At least my handwriting has gotten smaller, so I’m getting almost 300 words a page. I’m doing exercises every morning for my wrists and switching back […]

NaNoWriMo Part 2

Posted on October 31, 2013 Leave a Comment

I lied! I totally lied! I’m going to do NaNoWriMo, or at least attempt it. But I’m cheating. I’m going to use it to write Part 2. Right now, I’m trying to decide my username, which is intensely difficult because I will be stuck with said name. I want something playful. Fun. Goofy. Sci-fi? Nerdy. […]

NaNoWriMo

Posted on October 28, 2013 Leave a Comment

Ever since I first found out about NaNoWriMo, I have wanted to try it. Something always gets in the way, mostly school. Then I was so busy on my current NIP that I didn’t want to take a break long enough, or I was working full time retail and dead exhausted. This year, I thought […]

Different Parts of the Brain

Posted on August 16, 2013 Leave a Comment

Writing on paper really is different than writing on the computer. It uses a completely different part of my brain. When I realized I needed to back up a scene before starting the book (opening scene number twenty-three), I pushed the computer aside in favor of my pencil and notebook paper. It’s amazing how much […]

Handwriting vs. Computers

Posted on October 9, 2008 Leave a Comment

I’m finishing up my third packet right now, and I need a brake. I discovered where my writer’s block this packet period came from. I usually handwrite my stories, but I have to send typed versions to my mentor (so she can read them). The first packet period, I decided that I didn’t have enough […]