by D. Edward Hughes

Created on: November 26, 2009

Each day, thousands of people join the evergrowing group of Internet users. They span the age spectrum, each looking for that much needed fulfillment to be gained from the modern online experience. Their thoughts are prolifergated throughout the world at the touch of a button, or the click of a mouse. They bring the negative and the positive aspects of the lives they live in any particular part of the world. And they accomplish this through the words which they think and write.

Many are in dire need of dictionaries. How to spell the particular language in which one is working is of the utmost importance in getting your message across. This is especially true in the English language. The way a person spells will directly affect their performance in any situation related to writing. Unless that person recognizes the fact that they are actually using a type of abbreviated code, it can become a part of the very way they think; spilling over into all aspects of their lives. The act of writing is no exception, and the quality thereof will inevitably suffer. Expecting others to recognize a given abbreviation - one which may be originated solely by the author - is presumptuous at best. It tells the recipient that respect for the reader is of little importance.

Conversely, the Internet has probably increased the quality of writing by the serious author many times. Now, instead of relegating the writing realm to those who are employed by the large publishing corporations, almost anyone with any solid intentions toward attempting or improving the craft of writing may have the chance. It is as simple as the flick of a switch; and as complicated as writing ever was from the start. However, it is viewed with the greater possibility of success now than perhaps in the past thirty years. All due to the implementation of the Internet.

Nowadays, the ideas which flood through the information highway do so at an astounding rate. It is an academic matter to peruse a vast array of information at any given time, day or night. This constant stream of largely intelligent communicants is one of the most fertile areas in the vast history of writing itself. And from these seeds who knows what may come? But the expansion of these ideas will come, and at a much faster rate than ever.

What, then, has the Internet done for writing? It has singlehandedly, and undisputedly, redefined and reshaped an entire art for the largest audience to which it has had exposure. Without doubt, it will continue to do so for some time to come. And it is an absolute welcome change for the writing deprived masses of our world.

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