Printing Pages.

by ELSIE BYRON
14th October 2018

Hi all. Is it just me or does anyone else still print off pages of their ms? I do this as an indication of how far I've come and how much I've done since starting. I compare it to picking a novel up and reading it on paper against flicking on Kindle and reading it on a screen. For me to see my work in print, even by me, makes it feel real. Am I the odd one?

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I print because I like to have a handy copy for editing if I'm going somewhere I can't access a computer.

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Angela Ness
23/10/2018

Thanks David that's spot on.

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17/10/2018

I think it tends to put you in a different frame of mind from reading it off the screen because sitting in front of a computer is when you tend to be writing. I think it takes you out of that head-on and helps you view your work as a reader would, Also there's something more real about it....

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