Fun Things To Do With Fountain Pens

[sunrise]

I use pens to draw my favourite comic book characters. They usually turn out horrible, but that`s part of the fun.

[PowerWriter]

I

- write stories (2 1500 word short stories in the last 4 days)

- correct my stories *red*

- make notes in journals of observations, new words, and ideas

- make notes of sudy topics. Currently reading up on Agile Project Management and learning Java (I'm a .Net guy)

- write poetry for fun and to expand my horizons *search poetry asides

- so far one letter, but I'd like to write more.

[lastwizard4]

Aside from taking down notes. Of course, I use them to write on my diaries and journals. Write my letters and poems too.

 

Thinking that my Rotring Initial could be a good self-defense instrument since the body is well constructed and a pointy but rounded on the end.

[restlesscourage]

I'm constantly on the lookout for more excuses to use my pens. So far, I

• Journal
  
• Write down every inane thought that passes through my head (often about fountain pens/ink)
  
• Write letters
  
• Write in my planner (which is colour coded for different categories of things that go on my calendar)
  
• Write stories/personal essays
  
• Write really terrible poetry
  
• Test new inks
  
• Clean the pens
  
• Admire the pens
  
• Test different papers
  
• Take artsy pictures of the pens/the things I write with the pens
  
• Write things at work
  
• Make lists
  

 

Mostly it's that second one. I have a three-page list of writing prompts in my notebook, but if I'm not feeling inspired to write anything particularly creative or productive, I just start rambling. I don't know if it actually helps to make my brain any less full of jumbled thoughts, but it's therapeutic.

[iamchum]

writing notes with my pens is a joy so i just do that a whole lot more than i would have otherwise

[ravantra]

I wave my Nakaya Desk Pen around and *ting!* people with it, spreading the magic!

 

Do you wear a costume while *tinging*?

[ethernautrix]

I wave my Nakaya Desk Pen around and *ting!* people with it, spreading the magic!

 

Do you wear a costume while *tinging*?

 

 

I wear an invisibility cloak so that the *ting!* is never expected.

[Diver53]

I was curious as to what other fellow fountain pen users do with their pens for fun. Typically I write in a journal, sent letters, create design drawings, and mess around with ink and paper combinations.

 

What other things do you guys and gals do for fun with your FP's?

 

Greebe

 

 

 

I am nowhere as creative as most people on here. I am a Traffic Management type for the Military and use my FP to sign documents and write instructions. For years most forms were multipart so I had to use a RB. Now I enjoy seeing the double take when I pull out my new Montegrappa FP to sign a simple document for a customer.

 

 

[Lloyd]

I wave my Nakaya Desk Pen around and *ting!* people with it, spreading the magic!

 

Do you wear a costume while *tinging*?

 

 

I wear an invisibility cloak so that the *ting!* is never expected.

 

Oh great...Now, I'm going to be paranoid that, at some unexpected moment in my day, I might be tinged.http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/scared/scared0016.gif

[ethernautrix]

I wave my Nakaya Desk Pen around and *ting!* people with it, spreading the magic!

 

Do you wear a costume while *tinging*?

 

 

I wear an invisibility cloak so that the *ting!* is never expected.

 

Oh great...Now, I'm going to be paranoid that, at some unexpected moment in my day, I might be tinged.http://www.planetsmilies.com/smilies/scared/scared0016.gif

 

[Ghost voice] "JUuuuuuuUUUUUUuuuuuuuuUUUUUUNNnnnnnNNNnnnne...."

[BMG]

I make little period costumes for mine, then improvise dramatic scenes with them using my escritoire as a stage. I am careful to respect the Aristotelian unities when creating these tiny performances, and see to it that each pen adopts a role in keeping with its character as a writing instrument. The action rarely builds to a conflict, however, since everyone knows that the pen is mightier than the sword and I would hate for any of my pens to be damaged. Performances typically end when the last pen runs out of ink.