Writing By Hand

One of the first books that I remember reading and absolutely loving was A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving There's always just been something about the way that Irving writes. It grabs me and I can never seem to put the book down. Through Twitter I recently found this article in the New York Times. It just a simple article, some questions and answers. But, there's a line in it that Irving says which I love. 

 "I don’t read anything electronically. I don’t write electronically, either — except e-mails to my family and friends. I write in longhand. I have always written first drafts by hand, but I used to write subsequent drafts and insert pages on a typewriter. Now (for the last two books) I write all my drafts by hand. It’s the right speed for me — slow."

It shows in his books. And I think that I'm the same way. I type so fast that often times, I don't even have the time to think about what I'm writing before I write it. 

It's still nice to put a pen to paper every now and then.