Thanks for that link. It just seems like a spiral where writing is uncomfortable and “hard” so one writes less, which makes it more uncomfortable and difficult, which means one writes even less, and so on. Type if you want but it should be real choice, not a false one, you know?
I find I do best with fountain pens. As I get older they require less pressure and flow across the page.
I love writing with them too. There is the issue of the ink not being able to withstand getting wet though. Not great for grocery lists 😄
Do you know about Jet Pens? Great store and for every fountain pen ink they sell they show how the ink behaves when water hits it. (Many stores do that, actually.) Some inks are, even if not water-proof, are very water-resistant. www.jetpens.com?gad_source=1...
I will check that out , thank you!
Just don't blame me when your pocketbook squeaks! 😀
I do this, shopping lusts in fountain pen are so much more motivating:: then I use a second colour to delete items as I go
I agree. The pleasure of working with one of my fountain pens at least reduces a bit the tedium of drafting up yet another shopping list.
Shopping LISTS lol
Well, fountain pens and shopping lust in the same sentence makes perfect sense. But I gotcha.
Try document or forever inks. Not India ink, though, unless you have “destroy innocent fountain pens” money.
"archival ink".
I rediscovered writing a decade ago with my first nice fountain pen. I wrote little things, of course: notes, entries in scientific notebooks, etc. But not long-form stuff. I had to re-teach myself cursive. My kids' schools don't teach cursive, only typing. They don't, as a rule, write much at all.
My child got a little bit of cursive in grade 2 but that was only because of the teacher they had wanted to do it as an option. I taught them the rest. They now write their journal in cursive because none of their contemporaries can read it.