I am not much of a hand-writing guy. I prefer to just type on my computer and call it a day. However, I’ve been taking some notes by hand for other things, and I thought it would be interesting to write a fully analog blogpost on pen and paper.
One of the issues I have with most paper is how big the line-spacing is. I feel like I could write so much more on each page, and it annoys me a little bit. I also have no indication of how many words I have written, I would have to do this more often to get and idea, and I will know once I paste this—I mean, transcribe it—to my typed article (I will upload this as an image as well, just for posterity).
Thinking about it, most of my hand-writing in the past few years has consisted of transcribing spoken words, or from some online article about whatever topic I had homework for.
There were some essays as well, and even a couple book summaries, but nothing I can say were just “written thoughts” has been a thing, that I can remember at least.
I’ve been writing with some no-name pen up until now, and I just asked a friend for another one, and I got a gel pen. So far so good, and it’s much easier to write on.
My hand already hurts at this point, amd I going too fast? is it normal? is my grip hurting me in some way? The reason I am trying this at all, besides the fun of it, is that I really want to get into fountain pens, which many of my friends are fans of.
Still, the slight pain is annoying, and I don’t know if I’m just not used to it anymore since my high-school days (or school in general). Another thing is that I can’t really correct myself without ruining the paper. I am comi (I was gonna say “committing to every word” but then I simply struck through that so maybe I’m not).
But well, I am, once I have written enough words, it is difficult and ugly to just get rid of it all, at least I wouldn’t do it.
Hey, I have written around three pages at this point, my hand hurts but I think it did back in school too, so I just have to get used to it again? or maybe my finger placement is actually wrong (my pingy is bearing a lot of pressure right about now).
Anyways, this has been fun, now I will take a third of the time transcribing it verbatim (maybe I’ll include the typos, or not) and then publishing it!
Let me know what you think about my hand-writing, was it legible? BYE!!!
Afterword
I decided to correct any actual typos, but left some clear grammar issues such as “on pen and paper” instead of “with”, in any case, I’m pretty happy with this experiment. The pain is an issue, really, and yes, I was used to it since my school days, but I can’t help but wonder if that is just normal and I should just get over it.
Looking it up, I write with a quadrupod grip, which is unusual as most people use three fingers instead. I don’t think it’s wrong, and I don’t know if I can get used to a new grip at this point, but well, who knows, I’ll just keep trying!
Also, the reason I brought up the “I can’t correct words” thing is because I did quite a bit of hand-writing at university too, but I wasn’t going to just start over after saying “high school” instead. I guess I could have done so but it didn’t feel right, so I’m just clarifying it here.
By the way, I wrote (complained) about handwritten homework back in the day and wow, it’s one of those cases where I can feel how I’ve changed as a person, but well, times were difficult I guess.
All in all, an interesting experiment, maybe I’ll get a fountain pen, or maybe I’ll just get good regular ballpoint pens, I am not into gel pens just yet, I feel like they don’t last as much, could be just me though. So, what kind of pens do you prefer? Do you write often by hand? Or are you sticking to digital text now?
