I used to write all my stories in a paper journal, but in the past year I've started to write some stuff directly on the computer (in Word). Most of these are either 1) short things, 2) short deadline things (*cough* Yuletide), or 3) long things where I'm really on a roll and don't want to slow down.
Generally I find that paper is less distracting and slows my thinking down to what I'm writing now rather than what I'll be writing next. It also limits the amount of editing I can do, preventing the "one perfectly polished paragraph" problem.
I use an inexpensive bound journal from Borders and put everything in it--stories, story ideas, journal entries, plumbing and carpentry designs, software design, and occasionally shopping lists. Everything goes in whatever order I write it; since I'm frequently writing multiple stories, I try to put the working title of the story at the top of the page when I switch stories. Journal entries are dated, so that usually gives me an idea of when I started a given story.
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Date: 2010-01-12 07:14 pm (UTC)Generally I find that paper is less distracting and slows my thinking down to what I'm writing now rather than what I'll be writing next. It also limits the amount of editing I can do, preventing the "one perfectly polished paragraph" problem.
I use an inexpensive bound journal from Borders and put everything in it--stories, story ideas, journal entries, plumbing and carpentry designs, software design, and occasionally shopping lists. Everything goes in whatever order I write it; since I'm frequently writing multiple stories, I try to put the working title of the story at the top of the page when I switch stories. Journal entries are dated, so that usually gives me an idea of when I started a given story.