How to Compose With Just Sheet Music?

I have no midi instrument or input device.  I do not play an instrument well enough to compose in GB11.  Is there a way to compose just by srawing notes with appropriate time values onto a blank shete music representation?  I thought I was onto something with the Score view and musical typing, but not quite dhat I need.  With that I have to turn the recorder on and hope for the best.  The notes for the first measure may wind up spanning the first several measures anf I can't get them back where they belong.  And, the eighth note triplet structure is gone.  I was using the default Grand Piano software instrument.  Is that wrong?
Please help!  I need to write, and I mean that quite literally!
Kelly

Hi Kelly,
Christoph's solution will allow you to enter notes offline. You should give that a whirl.
However, if that method frustrates you, I'd still recommend getting a small, cheap, keyboard controller if you can afford it. Here's one for only $70:
http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/KSMini32/
Then, you could slow the metronome speed way down when you record (if the song is at 100 BPM you could record at 50 BPM, and later raise the BPM back to 100 during playback). Using the edit window, you could then move notes that you entered with the keyboard around to put them in just the spot you want, correct for errors, and even "quantize" (snap to a grid for perfect timing).
If you are able to do it this way, using a combination of a small keyboard and editing in the edit window, it may seem less fiddly, less abstract, and more musical.
(that said, I have a friend who mouses all his music in with dots on a grid, and makes amazing songs! So maybe that's your thing too.)
Good luck!

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