Writing your novel on a notebook VS. Typing it out

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Writing your novel on a notebook VS. Typing it out

Welcome back! Today’s post will be about whether or not to write your novel on a notebook or typing it out, but before I go into that, I have a few announcements! I will announce them at the end of this post, so make sure you stick around! *insert excited emoticon here*

Is it better to write your novel on a notebook or typing it out on your laptop? This question has been asked very often ever since technology got here. I, myself asked this question various times as well. Since, I’m the type of person that tries mostly everything especially when all I hear are a lot of pros and very little cons. I decided to try them out both. I already write all my outlines and novels out, but I decided to type out my current novel instead of writing it down like I used to.

Writing on a notebook has always been more efficient to many people, this means you get to take your notebook that contains your novel with you everywhere! That’s what we, as writers, need. We need to have our project with us at all times, because our ideas for our novels comes at unexpected times. Now, many people would ask, but what about laptops, you can take them with you all the time too? Well yeah, you can and it works for many other people, but for some people like me, it kind of tends to make us more of a procrastinator and not wanting to write, in this case type out your novel. Let me explain what I mean by mentioning the pros and cons of each.

Writing your novel in your notebook:

Pros

     You can take it everywhere with you without worrying about low battery.

     You make an error, no problem. Just scratch it out and continue writing.

     When you’re reviewing your novel, you get to see your errors easily since you have it on your notebook! Plus you can easily just fix the error!

     There’s no excuse you could make as to why not to write.

     You could go back and revise all you want without having to worry about your computer getting messed up, because you keep on turning it on and off. Just because you keep forgetting something when you had it on.

Cons

Ø  You will make a huge mess with editing and going over it

Ø  You could ran out of paper (the worst thing it could happen especially when you’re at some place where you can’t get paper just like a doctor’s office or the waiting room!)

Ø  You will have to make the double work of having to type it out later after you’re done.

Typing out your novel in your laptop

Pros

     You don’t have to do the double work of typing it out after you’re done!

     You take it with you as well

     You can easily print out your manuscript

     You could put notes as well

     You could still do what you do on a notebook (highlight, edit, etc.)

Cons

Ø Battery runs low when you most need it

Ø Sometimes you can’t take it everywhere (depending on the place you’re going to)

Ø For some people, it only creates them to be a procrastinator (like me! *insert annoyed emoticon*

Ø Even if you have the charger to charge your laptop there’s no outlet to do so!

I love writing on my notebook! All of my novels are written down on them. You could see clearly my errors and my corrections. I would carry my notebooks everywhere I go. No exceptions. Every time I felt like writing, I had my notebook there with me, so I’ll just have to pick it up and write. That simple. But like I mention earlier, I like trying out new things, especially when there’s so much positive reviews and opinions about it. So, when I kept hearing writers typing out their novels and how better and easier it is for them, I decided to give my current novel a chance to be typed out instead of written down on a notebook. And Oh My! It is convenient to type your whole novel out instead of writing it, because you don’t have to do the double work of typing it out later!

But, no! Typing out a novel is just a big N-O for me. It is very… I won’t say hard, because it isn’t hard. It simply wasn’t for me. Now every time I feel like writing, I think about excuses of why not to write. My excuses consist of and not limited to: ‘Oh, I have to go get my laptop and turn it on and get my USB blah, blah, blah.’ Or if I’m out of town and I have my laptop with me and my charger, ‘I know if I turn it on right now, I might not have enough time to type it all out, because I’m about to get to whatever place.’ Or I’m simply out of battery and there’s no damn connection to be able to plug it! As you could see all my excuses revolve around the laptop having some type of problem. And that makes me procrastinate a lot!

So the question was, is it better to write or type your novel out? My answer to you guys is simple, just give it a try and you’ll see if it’s for you or not. Like I said for some people it is for them, but for some like me it simply isn’t.

Comment down below if anyone else have experienced what I have with the typing your novel. Also, let me know what you guys like to use for you novels, either writing it down or typing it out? I would love to hear from you guys! J

Announcements!

I have now created a schedule for me! So continue reading and you’ll see what’s going on every day of the week!

v Every Monday I will be making a small post on Twitter, Facebook, and occasionally on here about inspiring things for writers and for my readers J so make sure you’re following me on all those sites! J I will be using the hashtag: #MotivationMonday

v Every Tuesday there will be a new blog post! So please do subscribe to my blog so you’ll get an email about them. J

v Every Wednesday I will updating you guys on my novels using the hashtag #LosingFaith or #RosieLee depending on what novel I’ll be talking about. (Twitter & Facebook)

v Every Thursday I will be tweeting about your questions and give out advice for writers and readers! So please do comment below questions or things you need help on and I’ll be definitely giving you advice to my best knowledge. For this, I will be using the hashtag: #HangoutThursday

v Every Friday I will be doing small challenges, word sprints, anything else you would want to do! I will be using the hashtag: #FunFriday This will not only be for writers, but for readers as well, so make sure you join in on all the fun!

v Every other Saturday & Sunday, I will be recommending books for readers that I’ve read before. Maybe do some sprinting with writers. But for the most part it’ll be about books, books and more books!