The Experience of Writing

The experience of writing now versus when Helen Keller wrote "The Story of My Life" is very different. Most obviously for the fact that I am writing with a pen and paper (and now typing online), while she had to write using brail. I would assume, considering I have never attempted to read or write brail, would be almost a completely different experience to the one I am currently having.

Another difference is that Helen would have different constraints put on her. What I mean by that is she was probably not under much of a time constraint to have her book finished. Where as I have a due date to complete this assignment by.

Another reason our experiences would differ is nowadays, most people would prefer to type something rather than have to handwrite it. As I have realized (for who knows how many times) that handwriting can be a huge chore and difficult for others to read. I know that it has become difficult for me to want to handwrite something because I am so used to typing almost everything. In the time when she was writing, there was no such thing as the technology we have today that really just makes our lives easier. In regards to making our lives easier, I know for myself that it is much easier to type something and takes a lot less time to do something when I am using a computer rather than a pen and paper.

The only similarity that comes to mind about these two experiences is that we both have to edit our work. Like any piece of writing, it is necessary to ensure that it makes sense and the reader is able to understand what is being said.