Non-fiction
The future of handwriting
Text, Vol.22(Special Issue 52), pp.1-10
Australian Association of Writing Programs
2018
Abstract
Handwriting, as a means of personal expression, communication and creativity, is a fast diminishing skill and mode of expression. This dialogue between Paul Weston, a forensic expert in handwriting, and Gary Crew, a Professor of Creative Writing and established author, attempts to establish the necessity for the continued use of handwriting in all forms of human communication. 'MS found: a meditation' is a fictocritical short story alluding to R.L. Stevenson's Essays in the Art of Handwriting (1905) and E.A. Poe's 'MS Found in a Bottle' (1833). The story celebrates the longevity of handwriting and the handwritten document. It predicts the loss of elements of written creative expression if recording by hand, rather than computer or other IT mechanisms, becomes obsolete.
Details
- Title
- The future of handwriting
- Authors
- Paul Westwood (Author)Gary Crew (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts, Business and Law
- Publication details
- Text, Vol.22(Special Issue 52), pp.1-10
- Publisher
- Australian Association of Writing Programs
- Date published
- 2018
- DOI
- 10.52086/001c.25552
- ISSN
- 1327-9556
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2018 The Authors. Reproduced here with kind permission of the author.
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Creative Industries - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451112002621
- Output Type
- Non-fiction
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