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
Maas worked with four different law firms and even carried the case on his own for months, writing motions longhand on white legal pads and sending them via U.S. mail.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 19, 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
Escoffery says: "I don't write much longhand, but I write a lot in my head and that's what I did during those pauses. There were 50 or so drafts written."
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023
One hundred full verses exactly copied out in longhand, because it is the final one that reveals your crime.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
