longhand
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The high-school dropout read urban crime fiction, then wrote his own stories longhand in notebooks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
"I scribble and sketch, but shift quickly to the computer. I thought I'd write the whole manuscript longhand - by the third paragraph I gave up."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
Selleck spent four years writing the book longhand on yellow legal pads, quoting from George Will and Raymond Chandler along the way.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024
The Times asked readers for samples of their cursive and to talk about their relationship with old-fashioned, longhand writing with its loops, curls and dips.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 8, 2024
From now on I’ll have to write out these reports in longhand.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
