longhand
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The high-school dropout read urban crime fiction, then wrote his own stories longhand in notebooks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
"I scribble and sketch, but shift quickly to the computer. I thought I'd write the whole manuscript longhand - by the third paragraph I gave up."
From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025
Selleck spent four years writing the book longhand on yellow legal pads, quoting from George Will and Raymond Chandler along the way.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2024
Put to task by Aboriginal elders, her job was to take down their every word in longhand.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2024
In his nearly illegible longhand, he wrote and then tore up several drafts trying to find just the right words to convey his conflicted beliefs.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
