Finding the Flow
Writing a book is a journey, and like any journey, you figure out the route as you go. My first book? Completely handwritten. Every word, every scene, longhand. I loved the intimacy of it — but when it came to typing it all up on the computer, I discovered just how slow and painstaking the process could be. Editing felt like wading through mud.
So for the second book in the series, I tried a different approach: writing directly on the computer. It was faster, cleaner, and I could see the whole story unfold. But when I hit a wall on certain scenes, I still found myself reaching for a notebook. Editing remained a drag, and sometimes it felt like progress was being held hostage by my own dislike of revisiting my words.
Now, with this third book, I’ve found a compromise that works for me: my ReMarkable. Writing on it lets me avoid distractions, keeps the tactile pleasure of handwriting, and still makes it easy to move my words into a digital format. Plus, I edit as I go — tackling the previous session’s words before adding new ones. It keeps momentum high, and somehow, the story feels more alive when I do it this way.
Every book teaches me something new about how I work, what I enjoy, and how to keep moving forward. And while the tools may change — pen, computer, tablet — the thrill of discovering a story, word by word, remains exactly the same.
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