I don't want to relapse into how I was years ago where I could ONLY sketch on paper and couldn't draw anything from scratch using a tablet, so I had to scan all of my sketches in order to line and color them digitally.

This would probably be easier with actual pen and paper, like I practiced in school, but since I'm mostly a digital artist in my actual practice, I figure it's best to train myself to get a feel for it in my normal medium.