Contest| From pen to screen: How writing has changed in the 21st century!

Hello friends how are you all doing today I hope all is well and you all are having a nice and wonderful day, today I will be taking part in a contest organize by @ninapenda which is titled "From pen to screen: How writing has changed in the 21st century!"

The history of writing started with the physical activities which we engage in for the purpose of representing figures on a surface to make meaning which of course is "Handwriting", so now the difference between Digital writing and handwriting are;

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Digital writing this is simply the type of writing that is being done with the aid of technology like computer, phones, tablet etc

This is the type of writing that involves the physical engagement of our hands in writing and representing figures on a surface for the purpose of sharing out information.

Hmmm, already this is a question that we all know the answer, as an artist studying fine art in the university I hardly engage in writing rather I only draw with my pencil and pen to be precise, so amongst the two categories the one I engage in the most is digital writing.

All thanks to Steemit I have been writing digitally with my phone on a daily basis for like two years now and trust me it has become a kind of addiction that I can't do without.

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Well in this case since most of my reading and research are through the Internet and even when I was preparing for my jamb examination I did all my reading digitally so I would say that for memory retention, creativity and effective learning I would go for digital writing

Well abolishing handwriting from our school system would definitely be a bad idea, though we are in a digital world but at least handwriting isn't something that should be suspended indefinitely, because in school it helps the students to be able to develop patience while writing.

^{When a student wants to copy note it will take lots of time and in school lazy students do not always have complete note rather the hardworking ones that had the patience to sit and copy the not will have the complete note to read and pass the exams}

^{Generally writing helps develop patience and also help develop a student fluency with pen which makes it easier for them to express themselves through writing and art}

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Now for the pros and cons let us start with digital writing before moving over to handwriting

• It is faster execute
• It is simple to carry out
• You tend to reach a large amount of audience
  It saves time

• It builds laziness in a person
• For those unable to gain access to computer won't have access to such articles

• It helps develop a person's writing skills
• It builds in a person a sense of being patience
• It helps a person to be able to express his or her self with written words
• It helps in reading, because as you are writing you are reading which helps in skimming through the general knowledge of what is being written

• It consumes lots of time to be able to cover a page
• It is difficult to execute mostly for people who has a busy schedules
• It requires time and lots of commitment

^{All that and many more mentioned above are some of the various pros and cons of both digital writing and handwriting and I hope that you all find my article interesting and I will like to invite @eveetim, @dave-hanny & @emmaboy23}