It seems that anything related to the creative process; character notes, worldbuilding, vocabulary excercises, etc... gets done more prolifically with my Mirado Black Warrior pencil and the half dozen notebooks of various size and colour which can be found on my persons at any given moment. I have aslo found it invaluable to capture those brief but priceless million dollar ideas that we all have and forget.

I have even begun to write my first drafts in notebooks for a few reasons. One, I already mentioned that there is less distraction for me. Two, It serves to eliminate many of my first draft mistakes or variances. By the time I actually get on the keyboard I have a clearer idea of where the story is heading. Three, I find it easier on my eyes and better on my constitution. Looking at the computer screen is bothersome after a few hours and I find myself getting more and more headaches these days. Also it is much easier to draw little lines to arrange alterations in the story than cutting and pasting and hitting control z thousands of times. But most of all I just like it. Sitting in the airport, on the cliffs of New Zealand shore, in a Park in L.A. It just seems more natural.

Any way sorry to have rambled on so about something so trivial, but I would say my productivity level has been increased exponentially since I began a few weeks ago.

Happy writing!

-Finnias

Edited to say; I am going to turn off the computer now and go get some writing done.