These are the former ages of writing. Two significant developments in the last ten years mark an evolution in the art of writing. The first, word processing, has offered non writers the ability to produce text with graphical and grammatical enhancements. The second, voice recognition software, brings to bards the ability to pen without using their hands. Both developments will bring profound shifts to the way we live and work.
Writing is a mixture of the art of communication with the art of visual expression.
In early forms of word processing, a program allowed you to more easily manipulate your text. This allowed you to work quickly, plainly and easily. Then developers added formatting tools and add-ons to allow you to do desktop publishing and graphical work. With the mass introduction of the Internet, you even have the ability to create your own publishing empire. When graphical tools first entered the market, many artists sneered.