Writers and typewriters: Barnes, Lively, Holroyd and Moggach
Julian Barnes
I work on an IBM 196c and own two of them as their breakdown rate is high. Though nowadays I often first-draft by hand, and later type up on the machine. Then hand-correct again and again until the text is almost illegible, then type up again.
From: Books: Books + News | guardian.co.uk
Tuesday, 1 December, 2009
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