A Defense of Writing Longhand

hilegunslinger:

“But when I write longhand, the experience is different. I think it is because that critical part of my brain is busy picking apart my handwriting (which truly is horrible) instead of my prose … While it’s busy with that, the words are just rushing out. And they’re not henpecked or second-guessed before they’ve had time to cool. They exist in a flawed, but pure state. This kind of prose has a feral power that seems to be lacking from the things I type … But whatever the case is, writing longhand makes it easier for me to reach a writer’s high.”