Handwriting is the next trend

My prediction: handwriting becomes a social media trend, especially if you have great handwriting. The status pen will be a thing too.

Picture handwritten notes filmed for posts, with the pen in the shot the way a watch used to be.

What handwriting does to the brain

In a study published in Frontiers in Psychology in January 2024, researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology recorded the brain activity of 36 students. Some wrote words in cursive with a digital pen. Others typed the same words. Handwriting produced much more widespread connectivity across the brain, and the authors link that pattern to memory and learning.

Why it fits social media

I think a handwritten page shows a person made it. In a feed full of generated text, that is worth something. The more everything looks alike, as in AI makes average, the more a hand-made thing stands out. A pen is also small, cheap and easy to put in the shot.

Try it this week

Write your next post idea by hand on one page. Film the page and the pen. Post it, and keep the page.

Use a pen you like and write at your normal pace. A handwritten page shows the pace, the crossings out and the corrections, which a font hides. That is the part a viewer can see no generator made.