PEN AND PAPER

     I am still a believer in pen and paper. There is nothing quite like the handwritten word. Something happens- a special kind of thought translation, when I move a pen across a page. What comes out is immediate, honest, and uncensored.
     Technology weakens my language and expression. Texting truncates me- computers auto correct and spell check and erase and perfect. But handwriting exposes the drafting process. It shows the crossed out words and the mood and tone of the writing itself. Changing my online font doesn't have close to the same effect. There is nothing to duplicate the pleasure and value of writing by hand.

No matter how far technology takes us, I will keep my notebooks and continue to write by hand.