To a
person who writes because they just can’t help themselves, there are certain things that are really
important. Like an Internet connection. Some of you might argue that the Internet slows down the writing. Too many distractions. Twitter and
Pinterest and Facebook, oh my! But after a few weeks of spotty Internet access, I found that not having the Internet really slows me down. Because sometime my character's know things that I
don’t. And asking my boyfriend to explain to me in depth what happens when
Superman spins the earth backwards, didn’t get me anywhere.
“I don’t know. I
never read those comics. Ask me something different. Ask me about He Man.”*
Some of you might argue that I should stop writing characters who know more
than I do. But really, we’re all only as smart as our ability to filter through
Google, am I right?
How much to do you use the Google* when you write?
*I added the part about He Man because I know for a fact that’s the super-human he knows most about.
**or Bing or Yahoo or...
Not having Internet access would slow me down, too. I use the online thesaurus and dictionary every day. I'd be lost without them! (Not that I couldn't get off my butt and open my hard copy...)
ReplyDeleteI think I know more about He-Man than Superman too.
ReplyDeleteNot having internet access would also slow me down. I use Google a lot to check on random things as well as the dictionary and thesaurus. Like Emily, I have a hard copy but it's just easier and quicker to open a browser window.
I use Google or other Internet things all the time. Sometimes even just for spelling. I couldn't write without it. I don't understand people who need to turn it off. They are weird:)
ReplyDeleteI do use it quite a lot, I guess mostly to check out spelling, and I still think I get a lot of my spelling wrong anyway.
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