STORYSPACE: Method
It struck me this morning that writing directly into the Storyspace writing spaces is very similar in appearance to writing into post body boxes here at Typepad (or for that matter, most weblog setups).
When I first started blogging, I wrote into the Word software, having become familiar and comfortable with that. Remember, stage one is pencil and paper, two (for us elder folk) was a typewriter, and three was a word processor of some sort, the computer keyboard and screen. Then we get used to certain software programs. Until I readjusted my thinking and extended my comfort zone to the posting box format, I’d copied and pasted from Word. Now I do the opposite just as a backup, but directly from the blog site so I can do weeks in a single sweep of selection.
Any new program is as intimidating as it is exciting; we want to be proficient, get comfortable when we are, and temporary reticence is a common feeling when entering new fields of vision in creative thinking.
So one of my questions regarding writing directly into the Storyspace format and the technical aspects getting in the way of creative flow has been answered. The answer is: No.
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