Vintage Typewriter Thread

akumushi · 04-18-2010, 01:28 PM

Any writers out there that use an old manual typewriter? I picked up a 1950's
Royal Quiet Deluxe from craigslist a few months back and have been loving it:

I'm finding that the inability to correct mistakes and revise as I go is forcing me to keep writing in the stream of consciousness and thus making the first draft of my fiction much more spontaneous and free flowing. I've gotten more done since buying it than I had in the last six months before that. I still revise on the computer, but a first draft on the typewriter is a must!
Any other enthusiasts out there?

madwilliamflint · 04-18-2010, 08:54 PM

I used to have (and use) a bunch of them. But now that I'm in a wee little apartment in Brooklyn, I gave them up. Although now that I'm a cigar smoker I should probably pick up a couple again. The aesthetic can't be beat

04-18-2010, 01:28 PM	#1
akumushi Habanos Apologist Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 1,298 Trading: (11)	Vintage Typewriter Thread Any writers out there that use an old manual typewriter? I picked up a 1950's Royal Quiet Deluxe from craigslist a few months back and have been loving it: I'm finding that the inability to correct mistakes and revise as I go is forcing me to keep writing in the stream of consciousness and thus making the first draft of my fiction much more spontaneous and free flowing. I've gotten more done since buying it than I had in the last six months before that. I still revise on the computer, but a first draft on the typewriter is a must! Any other enthusiasts out there? __________________ "Eventually, however, every ash must drop. And the drop usually is as sudden as it is final."

04-18-2010, 08:54 PM	#2
madwilliamflint Cigar n00b Join Date: Sep 2009 First Name: Michael Location: Wallkill, NY Posts: 390 Trading: (0)	Re: Vintage Typewriter Thread I used to have (and use) a bunch of them. But now that I'm in a wee little apartment in Brooklyn, I gave them up. Although now that I'm a cigar smoker I should probably pick up a couple again. The aesthetic can't be beat