Excellent episode. Just a few of my observations on writing: During National Novel Writing Month, there are quite a few participants who choose to write their novel by hand. While it is true that writing long-hand is usually slower than typing, writing in short-hand can be much faster than typing.

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/06/yeah-i-still-use-shorthand-and-a-smartpen/373281/