![]() And you can mark a block, either by circling it with your pen, or by physically cutting it out, without necessarily having to do anything with it right away. You can annotate the manuscript for yourself with comments like "Fix this!" or "Don't forget to check these facts" without there being any possibility of you missing them when you next work on the document. You can put in bookmarks, either actual paper ones, or just fingers slipped into the middle of the manuscript stack. as a creative writer, I am convinced that the long-hand page is the better metaphor.Ĭonsider: On a long-hand page, you can jump back and forth in your document with ease. I've seen George RR Martin write that he likes how easy it is to move large sections of text around in WordStar. Or, you can block copy large sections of text and have the computer keep a reference to it without having to "copy and paste" it immediately. ![]() You can add notes to yourself like "fix this!" and deal with the edits later. ![]() Wordstar treats the text like a long-hand manuscript. (Not because it doesn't have spell check or isn't connected to the internet.) WordStar is popular with science fiction writers for more fundamental reasons.
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