Thinking and writing are two different, yet connected processes, and if you don't write down your thoughts then your thinking is made less efficient and is thus impeded. Writing down your initial thoughts is helpful because you can then go and spread out all your materials, and see everything together. The computer is an invaluable tool that helps expedite your writing and editing process, but one downfall of computers is that you can't spread out everything in front of you, only a small piece is visible; when using a computer make sure to back up your computer files though, or you might lose everything. Also remember, unwritten thought is incomplete thought.
The main idea of this article is to write, if you don't then you will forget something and your essay will suffer as a result. A valuable tactic when writing is spreading out all your information in front of you, something I find useful as the point is to not have to search and risk losing your train of thought. Writing initial thoughts for me doesn't really help, and I find it a bit distracting. I did take one of its ideas to heart though; unwritten thought is incomplete thought, to which i completely agree. I also agree that having only the limited point of view of a computer isn't as good as having everything you need in front of you, but that the computer's ease of use outweighs its limited view point.
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