I absolutely love it, but I feel like you need to have been born at a certain time and place to appreciate it. I think you either love it or hate it. I think Truman Capote said "that's not writing, it's typing." I disagree.
What he wrote initially and what was published was different. Especially the names, and they cut out a bunch. Have you seen his scroll? Its epic!
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Probably a photo years ago. I knew it was edited.
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He would have had to use a typewriter for all of it. I just find that amazing!
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I'm old enough to have submitted college papers that I typed!
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Doesnt it mess with your ocd when stuff doesnt line up? One letter is raised above the rest? lol My father collected them, I used to use them often.
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I didn't get OCD until I started using Microsoft Word
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There are so many tricks with microsoft word, once you get to know them your life will be so much easier!
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20 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 21 Aug
Yes. I spent my whole career using it.
Its really interesting how he initially wrote the book.
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