Many writers, I myself included have become obsessed with typing. It is easier, more efficient, and gets the job done. Or does it? When you are typing there are a million distractions that cause you not to focus. Your music is playing, your email system is on alert, there are many ways to digress from your goal. This causes your focus not to be on the message in your writing so the thought process is not as focused as it could be.

Instead the alternative is writing. Typing is not writing incase you didn’t already realize this. I call myself a writer because I write. Even many of the articles that are on this blog are written before typed out.

The greatest benefit is profound inspiration. When you write there is much less to distract you so your thoughts flow and can end up being much more profound and solid than if typing. There is no spell check to annoy you as you type, no freaking paperclip asking if you need help, no other activity in your view (on your computer screen); it is only your thoughts turned to words.

If you are a writer try this out. Go to a place with no TV, no music, nothing to distract you. Take out a pen a paper and just write. Relay your thoughts into paper without having to worry about the spell check underline or the ding of new email. There is always time to rewrite, type, and publish but without your concepts flowing it is all for nothing so go back to the basics and just write.

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