On Sun, Nov 11, 2012 at 12:52 AM, Anthony Campbell <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sorry if it is uncharitable, but I still find it difficult to understand > how it is possible to write extended prose from scratch without making > numerous corrections,
The question is *when* (or *if*) those corrections and changes are being made. Whether writing by hand or with the keyboard, the drafting stage (or the "at speed" stage, as you put it), doesn't necessarily involve much in the way of correction or the need to go out of insert mode in significant ways. If the whole process *stops* at the drafting stage, then there's a real problem. I know I'm not the only writer who finds it makes my work weaker if I don't allow myself this free drafting stage. If I let myself get caught up in editing at that most creative and fertile point, my writing is weaker. The odd thing about Vim in this respect is that editors featuring a "typewriter mode" for drafting have become commonplace...but this is essentially what Vim is for beginners...once they get into Insert mode and aren't sure how to get out. c -- Chris Lott <[email protected]> -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
