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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Henry" data-source="post: 2151528" data-attributes="member: 158">I have one theory: The reflexes involved in each method are very different. Very rarely do you write the wrong letter when writing a word: much more often do you hit the wrong key in typing. Also, manual writing gives you time to think over the entire thought you are formulating as you write it out; if something better comes up in the process, you scratch it out and edit it. When typing, the thoughts come out almost as fast as you type them - in fact I'd hazard that it slows you down, unless you are a VERY reflexive typist. It leaves time only AFTER typing to re-think your thought.On the positive side, you can edit the devil out of a plot on a processor - move whole paragraphs, interject whole thoughts, etc. Writing it out means you usually draw little "flow arrows" in the margins when you have a major edit.</blockquote>