Comments on: Your Secret NaNoWriMo Weapon

By: Daniel Marleau

Daniel Marleau — Fri, 13 Apr 2018 00:48:29 +0000

In reply to Gallery Hakon. Game on! Bring on the new and improved infinite writing machine!

By: Gallery Hakon

Gallery Hakon — Wed, 28 Mar 2018 13:34:25 +0000

$65 for what is just a glorified kitchen towel holder? You can get that for less than $10. For $65, I’d want an attachment that could connect it to the carriage and wheels on it moving it from side to side so the paper didn’t crinkle. It’s not exactly rocket science to make one. I’ll make one when spring comes and it’s warm enough for me to work in my garage again after winter.

By: thisguyandhiscamera

thisguyandhiscamera — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 09:59:17 +0000

In reply to joevc. Great idea!

By: thisguyandhiscamera

thisguyandhiscamera — Thu, 23 Nov 2017 09:58:11 +0000

I’m intrigued. Being an active typist now I was just introduced to this idea last week after telling a friend about my new my new book project that I’m writing with a typewriter. Typewriters: they’re like stray cats, I’m up to four. And he was like you mean like Jack Kerouac? And today I find this post! Awesome!

By: joevc

joevc — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 20:31:16 +0000

Very cool! I made a non-swivelling paper roll holder for 6″ wide white paper rolls (available at Napa auto painting supply store as masking paper). The narrower width works better for blog posts. Mine doesn’t swivel, I just place it far enough behind the typewriter. And being thinner paper, less problems.

I agree with you about the typing style with one of these rolls, you just keep typing and typing, stream of consciousness.

For platen wear, just tape a piece of paper to the platen first.

By: skipf

skipf — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 17:34:53 +0000

Daniel, another fun post! It’s great you mention NaNoWriMo. My good friend Grant Faulkner (what a name for a writer) is the director of the project here in the Bay Area. I am forwarding your creative “plug” to him directly!

By: gordyt

gordyt — Tue, 27 Oct 2015 16:02:09 +0000

Daniel that is pretty cool. The one reason that I wouldn’t use one is that I almost always load the typewriter with two sheets of paper to reduce platen wear. But if not for that, I would probably get one and channel my inner Kerouac!