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Welcome to Written by Hand, aka Handwritten!

This blog is devoted to writing stuff by hand.

I feel like we do so much writing on the computer these days that we are somehow losing

the beautiful art of writing by hand.

I sincerely hope that my blog encourages people to get back to writing stuff by hand.

 

Below is an excerpt from J. M. Barrie's book,       

"Peter Pan" (1911), that I decided to write out!

It's such a beautiful and inspiring piece of writing from his book.

A cool tip: I remember a lecturer from my early uni days mentioning that if you write by hand, you're more likely to remember what you've written than if you type it. And that's because when you type, you are transcribing!

That has stuck with me, and now I always write down stuff I want to remember. There's also something just nice about writing on paper with a pen, pencil or texta and not tapping away at the keyboard!

Writing by hand allows the brain to slow down and process information leading to deeper processing. Plus, a tactile personalised experience is created (with the texture of the paper and engaging fine motor skills, etc). 

Check out the links here and here to learn more about this. The second link provides some links to some academic research that has been done on writing by hand.

So... why not start writing by hand today and have a break away from your computer!!

❤️ Enjoy!! ❤️