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fountain pens

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From: Ralph L. Wahlstrom
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1992 17:20
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Joel,
I still prefer to write with a fountain pen than with this keyboard.
The problem is, of course, that once I've put down one or two hundred
pages of beautiful dark flowing lines, I'd just as soon not have to go back and
type it out.  As a result, I use the computer.  It's not as artful, but it
certainly saves time.  For shorter pieces, especially short stories, I still
use a nice pen.

I suppose the computer has made the writing process more accessible to people
who care nothing for fountain pens, and who would not have gone through the
ordeal of completing a long work with a pen and typewriter.  Now, I suspect we
have more written material partly because it's easier to do write, revise and
make pretty.

ralph wahlstrom         rwahlstr@hp.uwsuper.edu
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Subject:      fountain pens