My Words Just Look Different on Paper

In the next day or so, I'll be printing out my current work-in-progress for the first time on old-fashion paper. I ususally do that several times during my editing cycles even in this e-book bonanza era. For some reason, my words just look different when I read the from the printed page.

The small junk like typos, grammar, verb tense, and misspellings jump out at me. But then larger issues like timeline problems and plot holes also bark at me. I wonder if it might stem from my learning to read and write on paper. Maybe if I'd had digital, I'd be more alert and able to do the same edits and fixes online.

Including the paper edits stage can't be helped. It adds considerably to the time it takes me to bring a novel to its completion and to market. On the other hand, I feel more confident in my product's solid quality. Skipping the paper edits would appall me. My beta readers also use paper when I reach that point in the process.

So a paperless office, like it or not, will probably never exist in my niche of the world. I can live with that okay enough.