(via @bookninja) Umberto Eco dates the decline of handwriting back to the invention of the ballpoint pen rather than the computer. He also asks the question: âWhy should we regret the passing of good handwriting?
I think this is an interesting question especially now that everyone communicates via email and that even writers hardly ever pen their works (or more than a chapter or two). I do like to handwrite when Iâm writing a first draft but I always type things up prior to revising. Itâs so much harder looking at an overall story when there are pages of handwritten text to flip through. WellâŚthat and I have bad handwriting and I have to type things up quickly or else I might not remember what âwlksdofâ actually says. :) My husband and I keep a grocery list on the fridge and itâs always fun for me to figure out what he wrote and vice versa. âNo, it doesnât say âbranâ it says âbananasâ.â