A Pen To Write A Book With?

[Sadieprater]

You are right that it would look extremely unprofessional, but submitting something handwritten is very different from composing by hand.

 

I'm sure that Neil Gaiman could get away with it, if he wanted. (Though, I'm equally sure that he has someone to type it up for him, if he's not interested in doing it himself.)

Neil long hand writes his first drafts and types out the final draft for submission to his publisher. There was an article on the DMN about the coffee shop where he transcribed his last book from longhand to pc. He claims to have about 50 fountain pens as of 2013.

[ac12]

I do like the idea of using multiple pens.

Just like I have multiple desk pens to choose from and several pens in my pen cup to choose from.

That way you can change pens to not feel bored, or you can use different colors for different things (character, subject, date/time).

[kavanagh]

Dear Joe,

 

If it's for a long writing novel - you want a pen that's light to hold and and has a fine line that keeps up as quickly with your thoughts when imparting them on paper

The Pelikan's come to mind - the M200 and M600 with a fine nib and Lamy Al-Star with an extra fine nib ( it's probably going to write like a medium / broad ).

 

Another good choice if on a budget is the Sheaffer 'Vintage / No Nonsense' fountain pen - I picked a few up from WHSmith for about 5 pounds - they have a 'marble effect' on the barrel and cap - pleasant on the eye - light to hold - the only drawback is, mine are 'dry writers' - but still competent to keep up with quick strokes on the page.

 

Regards,

 

kavanagh

[Mr. Pink]

Light, heavy, long, short - for a long novel, mix 'em up and give your hand some variety. For inks, for the first draft use something dark so that if you edit in red it will show up better.

 

For me, after the first draft was finished, it was edited on the fly as I put it in Word. Then I printed it out double space and edited with red ink.

Then, of course came the re-write. and then back to Word. Then out to editors who pointed out all my mistakes.

Then more editing, and re-writing.

 

A long process and you're never finished with your book until you are sick of it.

 

(so then you publish and some wise guy finds a few more typos)