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
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
And while other companies began to digitize operations, Samyang’s employees did their books in longhand.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2024
"I write slowly, the first pages in longhand, then typing," she says.
From BBC • Nov. 25, 2023
In spite of the years of note taking and longhand drafts, his writing had never gone to hell the way mine had.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
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