Writing for less

Well this week I would like to dive further into the idea of writing for less. By less I mean not having to spend an arm and a leg just to put down words on paper. When I was a child if you wanted to write something you just pulled out a pen or pencil and a piece of paper and in a couple of minutes you had your idea placed down onto paper. Publishing and distribution was easy, you just handed the paper to someone. No compatibility issues to deal with, no formatting errors at all!

This seemingly ancient method of writing goes back to the time of the Egyptians and their hieroglyphics and papyrus based paper system for writing. The reason that this simple method of writing lasted for so very many years is that is was cheap and easy to use. Enter the age of technology....

In this present era we will drive to special writing areas in our city and wait until our thousand dollar laptop computers boot up and the hundred dollar program on them launches to begin typing our wondrous creations.

These wonderful machines will check your spelling and assist you in structuring your documents. Heck there are even programs that will allow you to talk directly to your computer, eliminating the need to actually write anything at all.

Now the question that comes up the most is does all of this technology, all of this expense actually make us better writers? Are we more creative because of all the toys that we now incorporate to create our written thoughts? The answer is, of course, no. Only writing over and over again and practicing will actually make us better writers.

So when people ask me what you need to write a novel or any other document I will often tell them to sit down with a pad of paper and a pen or pencil and write a few short stories. This way they will find out if they truly enjoy writing. Now some people will know the answer to this question, as they will have been writing for most of their lives using this method already.

So in this series I will go over options for writing that do not cost as much as other, more popular options. I will present these to you so that you will know that you do not need to spend a ton of money just to write a short story. In fact the first suggestion I will make is the standard from golden days of my youth.

I suggest a 10 cent pencil and a 1.00 pad of paper. This method uses no electricity, works anywhere, is portable, and has stood the test of time.

Writing with a pencil and a pad of paper also has the advantage of time working for it. As it takes longer to write legibly, so you will be forced to consider each and every word as it hits the page. Now you may wish to purchase the optional correction unit for 30 cents in order to "erase", if you will, the mistakes that hit the paper.

Well have fun writing with your new novel creation device and let me know if it works for you as well as it used to work for me. Next time we will advance a little bit into a more complicated world of writing, but we will still be trying to save you some money where possible, as you continue your journey into world of writing.

Have fun and keep on writing!

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