The lost art of handwriting
Posted on: January 15, 2013
Handwritten anything these days seems to me to be a lost artform. The reason I say this is because since my laptop started screwing up I have had to revert to writing my novel in, well, writing… Yeas good old pen and paper. No more of this modern computer technology type stuff… Pen and paper…
As I said to my sister in law today “its all good and well to be all nostalgic and stuff… But there comes a point when something has to give.”
I am perfectly fine with writing with pen and paper, but I did find myself becoming impatient with the lack of… Auto-matic-ness of ink being rolled onto a page by a little metal ball.
I did manage to write out the rest of chapter 3, chapter 4 and now I am starting chapter 5.
My laptop stopped charging and as soon as I received a charger that worked my laptop stayed on for 5 minutes before it crashed 4 times in a row and I got so frustrated that I gave up. Now I still have my phone but I would like to point out, that I personally can write more and use proper grammar if I write down on paper, better than I can if I am typing on my phone or computer.
Why? Well because when you write with pen and paper it eliminates the need to be fast, you can actually sit back and concentrate on your writing.
So with that said I think it is time to make another coffee and get cracking on chapter 5.
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Must love short posts that I just think of :p
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16 Responses to "The lost art of handwriting"
January 16, 2013 at 12:12 am
My hand writing thanks to the advent of the computer is deteriorating on a daily basis!
January 16, 2013 at 6:53 am
Mine was too, I used to have wonderful handwriting and now its just mediocre :/ Better get onto that one, its a good, and maybe even rare skill to have now.
January 16, 2013 at 12:19 am
This is so true Brittney! My hand writing stinks. My wife agrees with your perspective completely, and she teaches college online. Nice clean white theme by the way. 
January 16, 2013 at 6:53 am
Thank you, I like your wife 
she must be extremely intelligent
January 16, 2013 at 12:50 am
I do miss handwritten letters enormously. We received a long one recently and it was super. Only problem was I couldn’t read it very well 
January 16, 2013 at 6:56 am
Oh dear, some people do have shocking writing, but I think with a bit of practice and determination – it can get a lot better.
January 16, 2013 at 2:43 am
I love writing by hand, it relaxes me. Many schools no longer teach handwriting to children and that makes me sad.
January 16, 2013 at 6:58 am
What? That’s so stupid, why would teachers think its a good idea not to teach kids handwriting?
I remember when I was in school, achieving my ultimate goal at the end of year 3 was receiving my pen license.
January 16, 2013 at 10:49 pm
I have always loved writing – the kind you do by hand rather than keyboard It’s efficient to use the keyboard, I will say that, but it is much more satisfying to actually fill a page – a piece of paper – with words written rather than typed. Sad, isn’t it, that penmanship is no longer graded in school even if it is taught?
January 28, 2013 at 2:00 pm
Here’s an interesting word….griffange, it means careless handwriting, crude illegible scrawl, which describes mine since I turned to writing on a screen years ago.
Toni
February 11, 2013 at 10:23 am
I wrote the first two chapters of my novel in a notebook, but it’s so much easier to look things up on the computer. I also like the fact that the computer fixes your mistakes, but as you said, you don’t make mistakes by writing too fast when it’s handwritten.Also, on the screen you don’t find that many mistakes. Wow! Already on chapter 5! I’ve only written 3 paragraphs of my 4th chapter. I’m looking forward to reading your novel.
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January 15, 2013 at 11:09 pm
It’s amazing how much my handwriting has deteriorated since I started using a keyboard fulltime. And it makes my hand and wrist ache!
January 15, 2013 at 11:25 pm
Mine too! But I have decided it is so worth it. I really want to write letters to people. But many people these days wouldn’t want to write back.
I will add to anyone who would love to exchange handwritten letters with me send me your address in my email – britnyboxall@gmail.com
It is so worth it