#the typist

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The Typist

[frownyalfred]

today’s fun writing fact: did you know that most writing coaches estimate that it takes around one hour for the average writer to write 1000 words?

I know what you’re thinking — that’s really slow! I can write that in 20 minutes. Right, but that assumes that when you started typing, you knew exactly what you were going to write — every line of dialogue your characters were about to say, every description perfectly pre-planned, etc.

And then you have to go back and edit it. And tag it. And cut out parts that don’t work and add new bits. So by the time you’ve got that “short” fic all ready to go, you’ve probably spent at least two hours on it, maybe more.

So yeah, as an author, I cringe seeing the “this was so short!!” comments on fics, even when they’re well-intentioned. Because someone just took 2+ hours out of their day for something you could read in less than five minutes and be done with.

The next time you see that author put out a 1-2k chapter, remember to do the math! And leave a comment 💜 that’s how you keep those updates coming.

[semioticapocalypse]

Robert Doisneau. Typist. Square du Vert-Galant. Paris. 1947

I Am Collective Memories   •    Follow me, — says Visual Ratatosk

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commission for @prinspersika (teaterprinsen on insta) of a retro kirk in the green wrap shirt! that thing was a LOOK okay!!! i'm a proud member of the green shirt fan club.

[anderstrevelyan]

gortash interfering with press freedom.jpg

Noteworthy to me:

it took at least a TENDAY to print all the Gort posters around the city

he hired a Banite as an official aide (obviously) (Ulova's the Black Gauntlet up in his office)

Ettvard is reeking of Banite too (I see you, "yours faithfully")

he didn't even send this protest

a Gortash signing his name just "G" is an angry Gortash (see the "inappropriate tone" Ketheric letter)

[atomic-chronoscaph]

Tessie the Typist - art by Basil Wolverton (1945)

[kdramamilfs]

Kelly Macdonald as Sandra Panza TYPIST ARTIST PIRATE KING (2022) dir. Carol Morley

[backroad-life]

Credit: Daria Kraplak

[souless-minion-of-orthodoxy]

!?Absolutely invaluable?!

This site has transcripts for a Bunch of episodes- TOS, DS9, TNG, VOY, ENT and pre-kelvin movies!

[dinosaurwithablog]

Gertie, played by Connie Cezon, was heard more than she was seen on Perry Mason. She appeared in only 18 episodes. Her last appearance was in the 1958 episode, The Case of the Terrified Typist. That episode is one of the three episodes in which Perry Mason lost his case.

[femmesandhoney]

are they even trying to teach kids how to properly type anymore or?? the girl i nanny, who is going into 7th, was literally shocked by how fast i type. i type maybe a bit above the average person because i like to write, but in general most people my age can type around my speed whatever the fuck it is. no long pausing over any keys, maybe a few stops if i mistype, etc etc very normal typing patterns. but this girl literally cannot type, she refuses to learn the home row which is one of her main problems, and she told me they stopped giving typing classes/didn't do many in elementary. are schools just assuming kids have access to tech at home and so "obviously" every kid needs like three offhand lessons and if you send them home to do typing games they'll magically learn how to type accurately and quickly? because...no. this girl loves typing games and whatnot, but she does them incorrectly with her hand placements and often has to look up and down between her screen and keyboard, and she finds this very normal and her friends are similar. is it just a school district thing bc yikes if more kids are being brushed aside for proper computer lessons just because having tech is more common and teachers just assume kids "already know" things.

[lonelyroommp3]

told you guys i could do the states faster on desktop >:)

[flavia-draws]

has anybody read that lou reed fanfiction book actual book not ao3 "vicious" because it has come into my possession long story and it's getting on my nerves

[spacecat-studio]

I’ve been watching and listening to way too much Jeeves and Wooster and my autocorrect is on to me

[bsideheart]

dude i think i’m developing carpal tunnel

[cantsayidont]

Also, how much more vast would Tolkien's legendarium have been if some time traveler had given him some kind of portable electronic device in which he could write without need of paper? Christopher Tolkien's writings on his father's work are full of commentary to the effect of, "He was only able to resume writing the manuscript during the early part of the war because the college gave him a big stack of students' examination papers, on which he scrawled so many overlapping notes that even I can barely decipher them sometimes."