#I’m not very in touch with my fellow gen z (give back my skinny jeans) and it’s v weird to write on a phone | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

gremlinshatephilosophers · 24 days ago

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I’m an old school believer that some tasks are designated for computers, but lately I think I’ve been editing better on my phone? Like I write fics on my laptop (in bed under a million blankets because I’m perpetually cold of course) but I always get a bit stuck after an hour or two writing. And now I go back to the phone at night when I don’t wanna be blinded by my laptop screen. It started with little edits because I know when I write at night I have a slightly different mood and energy that sometimes I need to put in writing before I forget in the morning. But today I wrote a few hundred words on my phone and it felt very wrong yet it 100% forced me to finish the story.

For some things i have to use my phone anyway (pound symbols and accent marks and such) but the dark mode in the app helps me see it better. The different aspect ratio really makes mistakes and odd phrasing stand out. And honestly? On my phone I’ll just type something for the sake of it or delete it or whatever and it’s fine in my head. It doesn’t have to be perfect, I’ll fix it later. And so I end up actually getting a baseline down in places where I’m stuck.

#very odd writing update (psychology update?) indeed #I’m not very in touch with my fellow gen z (give back my skinny jeans) and it’s v weird to write on a phone #like writing is computer business #(no shade to ppl who fully write and edit on phones that takes a lot of skill)#but my brain needs trickery and making it look different #first it’s notes app planning jumble on the phone #then it’s a few bullet points on a google doc on the laptop #then I start writing until I get stuck mid afternoon #then in the evening I go to the Google doc on my phone and read and edit and add more bullet points #then the next day I go back to the laptop and finish it #or if I’m stuck I go back to the phone and repeat #otherwise one last pass on the laptop #then every night before I go to bed I read all my drafts on my phone and do little edits each night until they’re posted

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