Comments on: The Muse in the Machine https://typewriterreview.com/2017/02/09/the-muse-in-the-machine/ a writer's guide to typewriters Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:45:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: tlamke https://typewriterreview.com/2017/02/09/the-muse-in-the-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-6944 Fri, 22 Jan 2021 21:45:21 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=837#comment-6944 I wanted to write but had no idea what to write about once so I kept typing, “I don’t know what to write I don’t know what to write” over and over. Finally the muse started to peek out, and I started writing about my depression. Which then turned into a few short paragraphs wherein my depression was a sort of evil villain and we were fighting, in an anime Japanese inspired dialogue. It needs polishing but I plan to revisit it.

]]> By: Richard P https://typewriterreview.com/2017/02/09/the-muse-in-the-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-916 Sat, 18 Feb 2017 02:07:06 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=837#comment-916 Beautifully stated. I think my most intense typewriting experience has been NaNoWriMo a few years ago. 50,000 words and almost 100 single-spaced pages in a month. You really get into a different zone.

]]> By: scriptophile https://typewriterreview.com/2017/02/09/the-muse-in-the-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-911 Mon, 13 Feb 2017 08:44:40 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=837#comment-911 Sometimes the passion is interfering with the passion of writing, that is why there’s a difference between the collector and the user. The user seek the best tools for his purpose and often a good typewriter is not the beautiful one you have in your collection. You can’t love many things on the same time collecting and writing is maybe the problem.

But then you discover that writing is not an hobby for passing time…

]]> By: Mark Petersen (totallyyourtype) https://typewriterreview.com/2017/02/09/the-muse-in-the-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-909 Fri, 10 Feb 2017 16:07:26 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=837#comment-909 Haha, what do you feed it? #fornitsomefornus (if you don’t get it, read “The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet” by Stephen King, it is toward the end of his book Skeleton Crew)

]]> By: joevc https://typewriterreview.com/2017/02/09/the-muse-in-the-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-908 Fri, 10 Feb 2017 03:20:57 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=837#comment-908 I think you’re right on about typewriters and the muse. And certainly computers are good for the polishing work as you say. As for standard versus portable I prefer medium portables they’re a good compromise between portability and functionality.

]]> By: Gordon Tillman https://typewriterreview.com/2017/02/09/the-muse-in-the-machine/comment-page-1/#comment-907 Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:44:13 +0000 http://typewriterreview.com/?p=837#comment-907 Lovely post Daniel!

As far as standard vs. portables… I finally did pick up a 1944 Underwood Model S (whom I’ve named “Plimpton”). This came from my typewriter repair guy Monico. He is local so no treacherous shipping was involved. I have to admit, the whole typing experience with this machine is really superb.

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