https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter Inspiration for Discovering Magic in the Everyday Mon, 04 Sep 2023 11:58:01 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-2708 Mon, 04 Sep 2023 11:58:01 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/#comment-2708 Here’s the typewriter challenge: is it a tool or is it an artifact? For those trying to integrate a typewriter into their writing practice, it needs to find a place next to the pen, paper, and computer. Those who put it in a cabinet or on a shelf and consider it part of the family have moved it into the “artifact” category. Both camps have their adherents, but pity the poor typist who tries to do both at the same time; this usually results in much hand-wringing, and eventually, multiple typewriters.

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-827 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:25:55 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/#comment-827 I just found my 15 year old daughter a typewriter at an antique store! She wants to be a writer. We are in Las Vegas right now, but will be moving out of state once she graduates. I am hoping that she finds more and more joy in her writing as time goes on. Loved reading your post, and am sharing it with my daughter!!

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-812 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:25:53 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/#comment-812 There is something special about a typewriter. I like the idea of using it to jot down ideas, morning pages, etc. I seek them out in antique shops, hoping to find that “perfect” one. Your story renews my hope!

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-142 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:24:57 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/#comment-142 Loved Loved the typewriter blog post. I totally agree andf feel the same way. thank you !

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-144 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:24:57 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/#comment-144 I have a typewriter that belonged to my mother-in-law. The year before she unexpectedly passed away, she wrote a book of her memoirs on that typewriter. The book is on my bookshelf, the typewriter is in cabinet of my china closet where I store my china, crystal and table linens. One day I thought I might type on her typewriter. I carefully opened the box and looked at the keys. The last fingers that touched those keys were hers, writing her beautiful memoirs. I had to leave her fingerprints untouched. I gently placed it back into its box and when I opened my china closet to put it away, I noticed the lace doilies she had crocheted for me before my husband and I were married. “Yes”, I thought, “everything is as it should be.

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-120 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:24:55 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/#comment-120 Enjoyed your post. I’m drawn to the romance + nostalgia of using a typewriter too. Sounds like it sparks your imagination.

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-122 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:24:55 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/#comment-122 Hi Teresa! So glad you enjoyed reading my story! My typewriter truly does spark my imagination and it’s a joy to own a retro typewriter. It’s definitely an experience that makes me think about every word I use. Although I don’t use it for all my writing, it sure does put my work into perspective.

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-123 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:24:55 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/#comment-123 I never was a typist, I may have even failed typing in the ninth grade. My father is an excellent typist. As a child, I loved falling to sleep at night with the sounds of his 90 word per minute clicking on his college Smith-Corona typewriter. When I decided I wanted to be a writer, I never gave a second’s thought to writing anything on a typewriter! I much preferred a sharpened pencil and a yellow legal pad. How could I think and type at the same time? I still have a typewriter today. It is stored in its case in my stationery hutch. It belonged to my mother-in-law who typed her 300+ page autobiography on it shortly before she died. I will never use it, I want to let her fingers be the last to have touched those precious keys. As for me and my writing? I have a fabulous computer that does anything and everything I could ever hope for, but I still write every single draft with my sharpened pencil on a yellow legal pad.

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-126 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:24:55 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/#comment-126 Hi Judy, I know exactly what you mean. Typewriters are lovely but it would be so difficult to type everything I wrote on a manual typewriter. I can’t imagine how writers finished entire novels on them. I think nothing can replace a simple pen and paper, but the typewriter can give us a certain feeling that we’re connected to the writers of the past that inspire us to create more amazing work. Thanks for stopping by!

]]> https://bellagracemagazine.com/blog/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Wed, 19 Apr 2023 16:24:55 +0000 https://bellagracemagazine.com/the-magic-of-writing-on-a-typewriter/#comment-127 Beautifully stated. Enjoy the typewriter!

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