What Do You Write?

[asingh]

New user here...but here you go.

 

I use my FP to write the grocery list, to-do lists. Everyday when I reach office, I plan my day on a notepad using my FP. Jot down the tasks and meetings as per priority. As the day progresses, I scratch them off. Am a BI professional, so I create a lot of DB schema and/or pseudo queries / code on paper using my FP. Have to be a bit careful when drawing boxes and quick - arrows. It just helps me think straight and clearer when I put pen-to-paper...! Love it.

Edited May 4, 2015 by asingh

[phillieskjk]

I get to write five or six long essays on two different AP exams next week... Hooray. Got to go back to studying now.

[musicman123]

I get to write five or six long essays on two different AP exams next week... Hooray. Got to go back to studying now.

 

Hey that makes two of us!

[jameswatts]

I've been a journalist for nearly thirty years and use fountain pens for all my interiew notes. I also use my pens for personal journaling which has evolved over the years from long entries to brief jottings to a mix of the two. I also use them for first drafts of plays and novels.

[Bklyn]

GREAT thread. Great insights.

[CarlosCaligrafia]

- my daily journal

- pen and ink journal

- philosophical thoughts about everything

- the story of my families names

- a daily meditation on bible verses

- the book I'm reading

- my work todo list

- sketches

- my schedule

- doodles

- book excerpts

[Bklyn]

My day job is spent on the computer - making drawings in Photoshop. That said, I keep a fountain pen on me in case I need to take notes on something. I've lost two expensive ringtops that way, but those are the breaks.

 

I go home and I journal like mad. There's something about ink and paper that I don't want to lose touch with. I also write scripts for a radio show I'm developing (I'm a sucker for obsolete media, it seems) and my outlines and first drafts are written in pen on the traditional yellow legal pads. The permanence of ink seems to matter to the process...I don't care to analyse it but I've always liked the deep black line (perhaps I've mellowed - I've discovered colored inks in my dotage) and the look of handwriting.

Dotage?

 

I am 10 years older then you are!

 

Goodness!

 

Best,

 

Bklyn

[benbot517]

I use them for lecture notes. !#@$-tons of Lecture notes. It's because of fountain pens that I can take !#@$-tons of lecture notes, and my grades thank me for it!

[Bklyn]

- my daily journal

- pen and ink journal

- philosophical thoughts about everything

- the story of my families names

- a daily meditation on bible verses

- the book I'm reading

- my work todo list

- sketches

- my schedule

- doodles

- book excerpts

Good Lord, you spend a lot of time writing.

 

You must go through ink by the bucket.

 

Best,

 

Bklyn

[Bklyn]

- my daily journal

- pen and ink journal

- philosophical thoughts about everything

- the story of my families names

- a daily meditation on bible verses

- the book I'm reading

- my work todo list

- sketches

- my schedule

- doodles

- book excerpts

Good Lord, you spend a lot of time writing.

 

You must go through ink by the bucket.

 

Best,

 

Bklyn

[Anne Louise Bannon]

I love all the suggestions for using FPs for tasting notes, but does nobody here taste wine? ;-) It's a natural pairing.

 

I'm a writer, too, and use my pens for writing notes, a prayer journal, outlines, my half-fast version of a bullet journal. I used to do first drafts by hand, but find it too tedious to re - write them on the computer (tho I probably should).

[Anne Louise Bannon]

I love all the suggestions for using FPs for tasting notes, but does nobody here taste wine? ;-) It's a natural pairing.

 

I'm a writer, too, and use my pens for writing notes, a prayer journal, outlines, my half-fast version of a bullet journal. I used to do first drafts by hand, but find it too tedious to re - write them on the computer (tho I probably should).

[Sailor Kenshin]

I love all the suggestions for using FPs for tasting notes, but does nobody here taste wine? ;-) It's a natural pairing.

I'm a writer, too, and use my pens for writing notes, a prayer journal, outlines, my half-fast version of a bullet journal. I used to do first drafts by hand, but find it too tedious to re - write them on the computer (tho I probably should).

 

Hmmm....I had started a notebook of Wine Country Experiences...using, of course, a burgundy-colored ink. I should probably dig it out again.

[Bklyn]

I have written 2 books and have a third on in my mind. I am thinking of handwriting it as I used to for my articles. To write in the digital format is unsatisfying. Anyone ever write a long document in pen?

[Sailor Kenshin]

I have written 2 books and have a third on in my mind. I am thinking of handwriting it as I used to for my articles. To write in the digital format is unsatisfying. Anyone ever write a long document in pen?

How long, exactly?

 

I still more or less write first drafts by hand, but nowhere near the pace of my one-story-per-week heyday.

[JLZenor]

I have written 2 books and have a third on in my mind. I am thinking of handwriting it as I used to for my articles. To write in the digital format is unsatisfying. Anyone ever write a long document in pen?

I thought about it, but I would fear that I wouldn't be able to read it all. Although it is good practice, but I type faster than I can write most of the time so it would be a much slower process.

 

I do hand write all of my notes for the story though, and my scene outlines before I type them up.

[herryyan]

I also spend most of my writing using computer. What i do now? I join the postcrossing forum and find some pen pals, i think that's the best way to use my pen.

 

I usually write in kokuyo loose leaf. I really want to try some good paper like clairefountaine, but i can't find those in indonesia. So sad....

[Bklyn]

How long, exactly?

 

I still more or less write first drafts by hand, but nowhere near the pace of my one-story-per-week heyday.

I think about 60,000 words.

 

I used to write all of my articles in a small coffee shop in Portsmouth NH called The Daily Grind but they were only 2,000 words.

[Sailor Kenshin]

I think about 60,000 words.

 

I used to write all of my articles in a small coffee shop in Portsmouth NH called The Daily Grind but they were only 2,000 words.

 

Sounds like fun. Mine were written on a leather chair facing the gardens in the plush reading room of the local library, balanced on a clipboard.

[JimCouch]

I love all the suggestions for using FPs for tasting notes, but does nobody here taste wine? ;-) It's a natural pairing.

 

Not wine so much, but tasting notes yes. I roast my own coffee and use the pens for tasting notes. also for Scotch tasting notes.