I Hate Writing.
During my schooling, when i was asked to write an essay on a certain topic or to write a letter to the teacher saying i was sick and excused from school, despite the practical value associated, it was a task which i wholeheartedly despised and didn't complete unless repeatedly rebuked and coaxed.
Several years hence, and i am no better off. If i am ever asked to give a handwritten letter or assignment, i prefer putting it off as long as i can before forcing myself to finish it and hand in a hastily scribbled version. But, if the same is allowed in printed form or as a soft copy, i spend considerable effort editing it and ensuring the assignment submitted is the best i can present.
This begs the question of why is there such a difference.
The answer lies in the fact that the presentation in a hand written version depends on the aforesaid hand writing and that is something i have never found myself good it. Call it an expression of personality or the level of confidence in a person or simply a matter of clarity of thought but i have never been able to pen a single sheet of paper which has been considered to be of above average presentation or even legible for that matter but i myself find my handwriting perfectly clear and therein lies the problem which kept me away from writing for a considerable period of time. I cannot understand how to write legible script without understanding what it is illegible in the first place and to find out that,i would need to step into the mind of another person. The grapes of legibility lie in too high a branch for this fox, but i did find it possible to express my thoughts without worrying about presentation on computers and that was what augmented my love for them while allowing me to express without restraint.
I am far from being the only such writer who can only express themselves only on computers where the presentation is mostly taken care of and editing is far easier. The established (mal)practice of judging a work by its presentation cannot play as much of a role and commoners who earlier could not hope to voice their views in a manner fit for the papers can now use simple applications to make write without any voodoo trickery to make a legible handwritten version.What this means is that every person who can frame basic sentences can now legitimately call themselves writers and write and publish works without ever knowing how to write legibly on paper and this is a fundamental change in our understanding of language and script.
Adding to this, the widespread availability that any piece of writing can now achieve using the internet, you now have a disorganized press in the form of every person who wishes to write criticizing and publicizing actions of the powers that be. This decentralization of the powerful force of the press and ever increasing reach of computers makes me hopeful that there might come a time when oppression can longer find a hiding place amongst the far flung corners of the world.
The value of a script is now no longer constrained by how its written. Yes, there will be calligraphists for those rare and unique hand written copies or to create new fonts but the general use of a script and everyone learning its twists and turns is coming to a close with the use of legible, ready scripts in computers and that, is good riddance.
