A laptop, a typewriter and a note pad go to a bar
Ok, first things first. I am writing this on my MacBook Pro, and I love my MacBook Pro! I use my MacBook Pro to edit photos, videos, podcasts and sometimes a little music. It's awesome and I genuinely believe if my house burnt down, I'd only be gutted about losing my skateboard (of course) and my laptop...everything else can burn.
The only problem I have with my laptop is that I just can't seem to write new poetry on it. By that I mean, for some reason, typing ideas/lines for a new piece on my laptop, seems to sap the creativity out of me, and I find myself staring at a blank screen. Seriously I can have a great idea (of course I'd say that) and by the time I've loaded up 'Word', it's just floated out of my head. It's like staring at my laptop screen automatically gives me 'writers block', well 'poetry block' to be exact.
To make me sound even more kooky (read eccentric), and I'm not try to be 'that guy', about a year ago I bought a typewriter. Yep an old skool Seiko Silver Reed SR180 Deluxe, it's older than me and I love it! Maybe even more than my MacBook. It doesn't seem to have the same effect that writing on my laptop has and whilst it can be frustrating to have to type something out repeatedly due to the lack of a delete button and my sausage fingers, this repetition is helping me learn the piece! It also looks pretty great on my Instagram too! Obviously it hasn't replaced the need for my note pad and certainly isn't as portable as my laptop but there is something pleasing about banging away on those keys. And if like me, your handwriting fluctuates from readable to what the fuck is that mess - a typewriter makes a lot of sense.
Maybe I'm just a paper and ink type of writer? What's your choice? Are you a pen and paper writer or are you all about the digital?
PS. a lot of people ask me about the note book in the picture, it's from Explorer Press.