As for the scriber of that article, I must state that his predilection for mechanical pencils is the opinion of a madman. I will admit they are useful for technical drawings, but as an everyday tool they are beyond contempt.
My mechanical pencil has a good grip, feels comfortable in my hand, and is always sharp. I can't stand pencils that get even a little bit dull. A little is all it takes to make writing with it feel wrong. I prefer a pen over anything, but when I need a pencil I turn to my mechanical.
But I agree that writing in fiction books is wrong.
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Do you read with a pencil in hand?
- 24/06/2011 01:04:13 PM
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I'll add notes in the margins of textbooks but not fiction or anything I read for enjoyment
- 24/06/2011 01:49:20 PM
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I can't stand non-mechanical pencils anymore.
- 24/06/2011 02:08:02 PM
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I actually really enjoy one or the other...for different tasks and reasons
- 24/06/2011 02:39:13 PM
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i haven't touched a pencil with intent since a drawing class ages ago.
- 24/06/2011 04:36:13 PM
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Huh
- 26/06/2011 09:16:47 PM
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it's interesting, i like the idea of the history, but, i don't like it when it's my book.. i hoard. *NM*
- 27/06/2011 04:55:14 PM
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I used to edit a literary magazine, so I would always be folding corners of pages
- 24/06/2011 06:17:44 PM
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