Mike Bates:
Since then I’ve realized that, at least for me, there’s something slightly magical about putting pen to paper. I’m able to get my thoughts out by hand so much more easily than if I’m typing them. Somehow pressing a key is so much less organic, creative, and romantic than writing out the letters with one’s pen. The visceral reaction I get from looking over a handwritten outline now is very different from looking at the same result in a typed form.