tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post5357356294125648672..comments2024-01-06T00:28:45.062+08:00Comments on Bibliobibuli: Typewriter for Sale, One Careful User ...bibliobibulihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-74656201867632553432009-12-02T13:32:48.886+08:002009-12-02T13:32:48.886+08:00All of my short stories from Lovers and Strangers ...All of my short stories from Lovers and Strangers Revisited and narratives from Tropical Affairs and several unpublished novels were done on portable typewriters, draft after draft.<br /> <br />Seeing this made me nostalagic. I hated squeezing in those corrections or retyping whole pages, and was so glad when I got my first computer! <br /><br />But a couple of times, even after retying them all onto the computer, I would retype the whole thing over again to force myself to reconsider every single word, every phrase. <br /><br />I do not miss those portable typewriters, but I still got one as backup. But think of all those great books written before the typewriter, draft after draft...<br /><br />I still write the first few drafts of fiction long hand. Nonfiction and essays straight to the computer.<br /><br />Whatever works, so long as it does work...Borneo Expat Writerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15657806224924444058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-18734278671979991942009-12-02T09:43:51.554+08:002009-12-02T09:43:51.554+08:00Yes! Haha you could be right. Maybe that key got s...Yes! Haha you could be right. Maybe that key got stuck years ago and he stopped using it altogether. The first thing he typed afterwards was 'Note to self: apostrophe doesnt work. Dont bother with it. Cant be arsed to get it fixed. Ill do that after Im rich and famous.'Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314532356599241748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-75727275141400395292009-12-02T09:36:53.544+08:002009-12-02T09:36:53.544+08:00haha. or maybe he has a problem with that key and ...haha. or maybe he has a problem with that key and that's why he doesn't use it much? that would solve the mystery.bibliobibulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16456636355933524132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-825275219766767372009-12-02T09:07:30.925+08:002009-12-02T09:07:30.925+08:00I'll bet the least faded key is the apostrophe...I'll bet the least faded key is the apostrophe.Jordanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17314532356599241748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7912730.post-34347180860215157732009-12-02T01:11:23.721+08:002009-12-02T01:11:23.721+08:00That thing is portable?! :P
-JenThat thing is portable?! :P<br /><br />-Jencomposerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07245258186627444721noreply@blogger.com