Old Typewriter
acrostic poem/critique
This critique and acrostic poem will show readers why I chose this image for most of my writing.
Old-fashioned typing mode for the sound it made clickity-clack or something like that.
Learning to type material for others to read one page on paper at a time.
Deleting by erasing words and phrases with correcting tape.
Taking a person back to an easier time when writing was work at a somewhat slower pace.
Yearning to get typed and published on paper.
Praying the manuscript would not get lost in transit.
Expecting news about your work and getting a letter on paper.
Writing to share ideas again one page at time.
Reading a printed page of our work.
Indicating hearing a little bell telling you when at the end of a sentence or page.
Timing at a slower pace.
Editing one sheet at a time.
Reading and revising one sheet at a time.
An old typewriter is a way a writer can savor what he or she has typed on paper, as in something to hold whether one sheet or a manuscript of some kind.
About the Creator
Mark Graham
I am a person who really likes to read and write and to share what I learned with all my education. My page will mainly be book reviews and critiques of old and new books that I have read and will read. There will also be other bits, too.
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By Mark Graham2 months ago in Critique
Comments (15)
Wonderful job with this! I like how you included this in the Critque community - this is a very fresh perspective and really stood out to me. 🤗
Hey. It was nice. My grandma used it. I used to see it there.
Congrats on Top Story!🥳🥳🥳
Hey this was really cool! I used to play with my grandmother's typewriter, but with how many typos I make I think a typewriter would run away from me!
Congrats on the top story and, despite the fact that I haven't grown up during the time of typewriters, I still love them. I'm hoping to one day get this bluetooth one, for the best of both worlds, but it is... so expensive.
Back to say congratulations on your Top Story! 🎉💖🎊🎉💖🎊
Gosh, yes! I remember typing up all my uni essays on an old typewriter! My nephews tease me that I didn’t carve them out on tablets of stone! This was great!
Beautiful, congratulations.
I miss my Smith Corona. :(
I can almost hear the clicking <3
At times I miss the old typewriter. The feel and the sound. But I also like this new style of how easy it is to edit and correct.
Awesome work- love the reflections on how the typewriter allowed a slower, more deliberate pace with writing! Congrats on the Top Story!
Beautiful. I love old typewriters! Congratulations on TS!!
I keep talking about getting a typewriter...just to make all the noises lol. Loved your critique/acrostic and I have subscribed, although I thought I was already. Nevermind, fixed that. Congrats on a fine Top Story!
I've never used a typewriter to type before. Loved your acrostric!