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
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
Escoffery says: "I don't write much longhand, but I write a lot in my head and that's what I did during those pauses. There were 50 or so drafts written."
From BBC ● Nov. 25, 2023
Back East, Malcolm X carefully read and then signed the publication contract, and he withdrew from his wallet a piece of paper filled with his sprawling longhand.
From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey
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