Writers' workflows

[Anonymous No.14917912]

I have decided to live a more ascetic life without the modernist distractions of computer screens.
As a writer, how do I move away to a fully paper and pen approach to editing and drafting my works? I have already bought huge stacks of some nice off-white paper and a fountain pen.
How exactly did the giants of old such as Tolstoy (pbuh) accomplish the insane feat of writing something like War and Peace without a computer machine?

[Anonymous No.14917951]

Use a typewriter? I’m unironically thinking of doing this myself. I’ve come to love-hate computers and phones but either way I’m addicted.

[Anonymous No.14917959]

>>14917912
You gotta be careful, man.Self-optimization is the death of creativity.

[Anonymous No.14917988]

Bet that room smelt like tobacco YUCK!

[Anonymous No.14918050]

>>14917912
Tolstoy made his wife redraft his works

[Anonymous No.14918070]

>>14917959
On the contrary, a more ascetic life with pen and paper is a direct refutation of bugman practices like optimization.
>>14918050
I'm not married yet, but I would prefer my future wife to be unlettered.

[Anonymous No.14918098]

>>14917912
You could get a typewriter to avoid getting carpal tunnel redrafting your writing

[Anonymous No.14918285]

>>14917959
ascetic life all the way dude.

[Anonymous No.14918310]

>>14918070
>ascetic
>I would prefer my future wife to be unlettered
Holy based

[Anonymous No.14918902]

>>14917951
Alternatively, I'd recommend buying an Alpha Smart Neo 2. They've been discontinued, but you can still buy them for cheap off Ebay.

[Anonymous No.14918928]

I’ve recently made the shift to pen and paper myself and hate using normal notebooks. If I’m writing some poetry, it’s fine, but I actually bought one of those ring binders and it honestly changed the way I approach writing. Since you move pages quite easily, you can play with structure and such. The alternative is using a typewriter.