Writing may be old-fashion, but it has its own charm. Many famous writers
still prefer to write the first draft by hand. People who still prefer to write
by hand realize the romance of writing.
From typewriter to desk top to laptop, notebook, etc; the good old days of
writing by hand is just a memory. The romance of writing is gone. Years after
typing on the pretty Remington regular and later Remington portable and then
years later came the desk top and after a few years arrived the laptop; I find
I can hardly write by hand. My writing has gone from bad to worse. With the
introduction of ATM card, even writing self-cheque seems stone-age! The neat
and cute writing has gone for a toss and now I scribble like a doctor’s
prescription note, though I still love to write the first draft of my writing
or article by hand. I may sound
old-fashioned. And then technology takes over in the form of laptop, with
neatly formatted text.
Apart from this most writers relied on the Oxford or Webster
dictionary. And even this has been replaced by the know-all Google which at
times tends to re-educate you. Even kids refuse to touch the good old bulky dictionary
and trust the Google. Earlier one had to just have paper and pen to express one’s
thoughts or ideas. It gave a sense of achievement. Then came the typewriter,
often messing your fingers with the black ribbon ink, trying to set it right,
with strokes and markings on the face as a camouflaged commando on a mission.
Even the pretty young secretaries were done away, with no distraction to the
bosses!
Then years later arrived, the new age of technology in the form of
desk top, PC for short, with the CPU unit, monitor, keyboard and mouse. It was
a bit confusing for the un-initiated, but much faster and smart. As one is
about to get hold of the working of this gadget, lappy, the laptop made a grand
appearance. Like the old portable typewriter, it is small and a compact unit
encompassing the CPU, screen, keyboard and mouse. And the beauty is the sleek
devise can be easily carried around. You can play games or listen to music too
while sitting on your table or travelling. Now we have the tablets which double
up as the laptop too.
No doubt the technological
inventions have brought in progress and change with internet, emails
etc; but the present generation will truly miss the romance of writing, and also
the art of expressing in letters which conveyed one’s feelings of love, happiness,
anger and sadness. The gadgets have made things easy and fast, but writing by
hand is different. The romance has gone forever.
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