RE: The Twenty Eight Minute, 5-Minute Freewrite ~ Day 466~ Prompt: Cookie Cutter~ Original Story, Original Writing, And Even The Photo Too ~
Ha haa. I can relate. Sometimes the stuff just flows, other times it's like trying to stuff a feather in a bottle backwards. Though as I put in my disclaimer, nothing is ever COMPLETE after 5, 28 or whatever minutes. Everything needs at LEAST a bit of editing. It's gotta be readable.
As for typing, that is so true. That is one thing my Mom made me do in high school, at my great protest. How right she was. I am SO glad I took it. With my nifty ergo keyboard, I can usually fly. Which is great for story telling. Interestingly, creativity seems to be higher on a keyboard for me too. (vs writing, etc). A friend told me he thought it had to do with right/left brain and tactility of the fingers and creativity. Not sure the details, but there is something to it. (Though he never said anything about typing on a keyboard and keeping your COMMENTS short. Large sigh [HERE]) Can you touch type now? It does make it a whole lot easier. I thought about trying to learn Dvorak instead, to help with ergonomics, but you just can't teach an old dog to write with any system. (Sorry, got carried away here. You can tell I'm passionate about typing and ergonomics...) Thanks for the nice thoughts. Cheers, my friend, and happy Friday.
Not sure what "touch type" means actually. Sounds to be over my pay grade lol. I do a fair bit of typing but never did get over having to cheat and look at the keys.
There is something I find challenging about the blank screen of white just waiting to be filled with black letter then words. It is hard to put a finger on but there is something positive for my brain in the whole creative process, whether it be pics, words or video. I should try one of those speech to text programs one day!
It's within your pay grade, you just didn't get the memo. It got sent out with some ad's for kitchen sink cleanser. Easy to miss.
Touch typing is typing as a class would teach, with Qwerty or whatever, without looking at the keyboard, and using all your fingers 'as designed', rather than hunt and pecking like a barnyard beak-sterk, using only one or two fingers. Though I've known some writing birds disguised as humans that could type REALLY fast using only their pointing digits. So it does work. But the 'touch type' is a lot faster, in general. And after awhile, you know when you mis-spell a word, even if looking around the room while doing it. But it's nice too to be able to watch the screen as you type. Long winded explanation later, that's touch typing. Though on my vertical keyboard, like you, if I get 'off finger', I do have to at the keys now and then, to get back on track. Advantage of having a chair with arm rests. But with a vertical keyboard, you get a sore neck hunt and pecking back and forth.
[Stinky the Cat demonstrating how NOT to look back and forth on a vertical board]
I certainly can relate to the white screen becoming 'something' as you go or when done. It really is, as you say, a fascinating endeavour. And that creative 'spark' is so fascinating indeed. Things just get you jazzed up, as you say, photo or written, and often, the two combined. Amazing how one will inspire the other. Photo--writing, and writing--photo. Isn't this FUN?!!
Sorry, but you can tell I'm quite passionate about keyboards and typing and ergonomics and creativity that is leads to. And I had a LOT of trouble physically until I discovered some ergonomic things that changed my writing life. I really should do a post on it. "Get in line, posts, get in line".
Let me know if you every get the spoken to written ever figured out. HH and I discuss now and then how nice that would be.
OK, I am done now. You can open your eyes and move around and get back to whatever you were doing before studying the backs of your eyelids ( :
Have a nice Saturday.