There aren't very many times that I take a moment and look back at everything I've done. It feels like only yesterday that I couldn't focus on writing at all. I was probably only nine years old. I would write parts of a story, then get distracted by the formatting of the page.
I didn't like writing in only black letters. Every five minutes, I'd change the color of the words. When I got really bored, I'd change the colors of the individual letters. Okay, big waste of time, I know, but whatever.
The funny thing is, to this very day, boredom of formatting tends to distract me. Not as much as it used to, (thank goodness) but if I'm not writing in a font I like, I can't write. Well, I can, but the writing doesn't tend to be as good.
I love the font Calibri. I wrote my novel in Calibri.
I like Trebuchet and Helvetica. I also like Arial. Only if it's small, though.
Those are fonts that are pretty easy for me to write in. Of course, there's the other side of the story.
I can't write in Times Roman. Or Times New Roman. Or Times. Those three are almost exactly the same, so I can't write in any of them. Unless I'm writing non-fiction. For some reason, if I'm writing non-fiction, like a report or something, I can use those.
I really don't like Verdana or Courier. They both remind me of what kids my age call 'the olden days' where people only had typewriters.
The funny thing is, my mom (over at Imagine Today) cannot use Calibri. She only writes in Times New Roman, which I totally don't get. It turns off my creative process. Like a brick wall or something. So far, my favorite is Calibri.
(This sentence is in the font Calibri. The next one is too.)
I think Calibri is my favorite font, mostly because it got me through an entire novel and helped me through my second one.
It seems silly, I know, but somehow it makes a difference.
Do you guys ever get distracted with formatting? Do you have a favorite font?
--Jess
I didn't like writing in only black letters. Every five minutes, I'd change the color of the words. When I got really bored, I'd change the colors of the individual letters. Okay, big waste of time, I know, but whatever.
The funny thing is, to this very day, boredom of formatting tends to distract me. Not as much as it used to, (thank goodness) but if I'm not writing in a font I like, I can't write. Well, I can, but the writing doesn't tend to be as good.
I love the font Calibri. I wrote my novel in Calibri.
I like Trebuchet and Helvetica. I also like Arial. Only if it's small, though.
Those are fonts that are pretty easy for me to write in. Of course, there's the other side of the story.
I can't write in Times Roman. Or Times New Roman. Or Times. Those three are almost exactly the same, so I can't write in any of them. Unless I'm writing non-fiction. For some reason, if I'm writing non-fiction, like a report or something, I can use those.
I really don't like Verdana or Courier. They both remind me of what kids my age call 'the olden days' where people only had typewriters.
The funny thing is, my mom (over at Imagine Today) cannot use Calibri. She only writes in Times New Roman, which I totally don't get. It turns off my creative process. Like a brick wall or something. So far, my favorite is Calibri.
(This sentence is in the font Calibri. The next one is too.)
I think Calibri is my favorite font, mostly because it got me through an entire novel and helped me through my second one.
It seems silly, I know, but somehow it makes a difference.
Do you guys ever get distracted with formatting? Do you have a favorite font?
--Jess
