god - i hate typing stuff up, because i can't type properly. if i type properly, my speed drops to 13wpm; which is horribly frustrating because i can type at about 45 when i don't type properly. where's the problem, you ask. The problem is that i look down at the keyboard an awful lot when typing fast, so when i'm typing something off a sheet i have to keep stopping to read the next sentence and as you may have noticed: when my typing slows down i get annoyed at myself.
so the point of all of this is that i've found a website that will teach me how to type properly quickly. yeay. i've added a link to my quicklinks in firefox that says - do every day. and i figure in a few months i should be able to type properly and then i can face the idea of typing up the end of my novel without cringing and pretending that said dilemma does not exist. it's awful to be so torn - wanting to type up my novel because i can start editing properly and not wanting to because typing causes me such heartache and pain (much like learning to drive did, but i know i don't have to go for a test at the end of it all).
and here i am, making use of the ultimate procrastination tool, updating my Lj (and not typing properly). you see, my creativity flows at a certain speed, which is about 50 wpm, so even at my fastest typing i can't keep up with it. if i type properly, i get absolutely nowhere and my ideas speed past me on the highway of thought and i look up from the dirt, going "wait, please slow down for me, i can't keep up like this - i'm walking (no - crawling) and you've got a honda roadster. hardly fair."
anyway - when i write by hand, everything's good and square and we all get on because every part of me loves to write with a pencil and paper. yeay.
That's really funny, cos I love typing. And I just made a post about it before i read this.
ReplyDeletePencil and paper are good too, except that pencil rubs off paper if your not careful