Why I gave in and started brainstorming by hand

Ask a hundred different writers how they do their brainstorming, you’ll get a hundred different answers. But I’d bet at least half of them include writing something out longhand, the old-fashioned way. People love to fill up scraps of paper, I tell you what.

I resisted for the longest time, which makes no sense because I’m a habitual list-makerandI learn best when I take notes while listening, but I’d gotten so attached to my technology that I didn’t see the value in going back to the slow, un...