[ilamont]

Writing and editing for me is like sculpting with clay. Constant tweaks, revisiting something that I wrote the other day, referencing material from earlier in the piece, moving stuff around, etc.

FWIW I learned to write longhand and then using an early electronic typewriter with only three lines of text retained in memory. Modern word processors have been great. Sometimes, though, when planning something out, I'll use a paper notebook.