For Wont of a Nice Notepad and a Wide-Armed Chair Instead of a Desk

I recently read somewhere that there just might be studies around showing that writers create differently depending on whether they are typing or writing by hand. 

Our trusty computers.  Oh, how we have become dependent upon them.  I catch myself marveling at the speed with which my fingers have come to fly over the keyboard. I delight in, that with just a few strokes, I can quickly change a thought, erase a typo or correct a grammar error.

I am quick to turn to an online dictionary or thesaurus. I think their ready availability is a boon to my writing.

Or, is it?

Now, with thoughts of some unknown study results sneaking into my consciousness, I wonder: have I forgotten how to write freely, never worrying about mistakes, not tempted to research a substitute word?

I don’t know. However, I think I just might try my own non-scientific study. Perhaps I’ll do some writing by hand, either with real work assignments or practice exercises or maybe both.  After all, Laura Ingles Wilder wrote the “Little House” series by hand in pads of paper she balanced on the extra-wide wood arms of the chair Almonzo made for her.  A chair specifically for her writing.  A chair I now covet.

I may share my different samples with my readers and let them judge whether I create differently.

Of course, I will have to type them first.

And, darn, I’d be lying if I didn’t say such a two-step process seems like a waste of time.

I wonder, is there a study