What is Writing?
The use of written symbols to represent words and meanings did not occur at once but instead developed gradually from the “cruder use of mere memory aides” (Ong, 1982, p. 84). Once a writer learns how to use encoded symbols and very specific and deliberate rules, it helps expand the writer’s consciousness so that she is able to surpass using writing as only a memory aide and is now able to write down ideas, stories, and thoughts.
Writing is not a natural process for humans (Ong, 1982; Trubek, 2009); it is a technology that has been developed and used for thousands of years. It is internalized by today's society, but that has not always been the case (Ong, 1982). Writing took a long to become the system of communication as we know it, having gone through many intermediate stages.
Writing is not a natural process for humans (Ong, 1982; Trubek, 2009); it is a technology that has been developed and used for thousands of years. It is internalized by today's society, but that has not always been the case (Ong, 1982). Writing took a long to become the system of communication as we know it, having gone through many intermediate stages.
What is Handwriting or Cursive Writing?
As seen in the Oxford English Dictionary:
Of writing: Written with a running hand, so that the characters are rapidly formed without
raising the pen, and in consequence have their angles rounded, and separate strokes joined,
and at length become slanted.
As seen in Wikipedia:
Cursive, also known as script, joined-up writing, point writing, running writing, or handwriting
is any style of penmanship in which the symbols of the language are written in a conjoined and/or
flowing manner.
Of writing: Written with a running hand, so that the characters are rapidly formed without
raising the pen, and in consequence have their angles rounded, and separate strokes joined,
and at length become slanted.
As seen in Wikipedia:
Cursive, also known as script, joined-up writing, point writing, running writing, or handwriting
is any style of penmanship in which the symbols of the language are written in a conjoined and/or
flowing manner.