Between the texting I’ve done today and the capstone presentations, my mind wandered off on a tangent that has currently made it to this blog post. Today, we all know what texting is and how it has taken over the world of communication, but is it the best way? Sure texting is fast and easy, but what about those texts that either don’t have any emotion or have some type of emotion that you cant figure out.
Where is this going? Well, considering the fact that the process of writing a short story was explained today in the presentations of projects…and the fact that I did text today…I started thinking about emotion through text. I mean, it’s obvious to tell when someone is excited by a “!” at the end of their sentences, or when they are mad by TEXTING IN ALL CAPS, but what about those texts that are not as clear? In our short stories, we use other words to describe how a character says a certain line. For example:
“I have to go now.” She exclaimed hurriedly while turning her back to the man.
The word “hurriedly” paints us a picture of how she said the line as well as how we should read the line. While texting, certain texts that are sent may be read differently than they are meant to be read. For example, the idea of sarcasm doesn’t really work well over text. Personally, my best friend and I have misread many sarcastic texts in our time; sometimes even to the point of a fight. Either way…texting proves to be both fast and efficient. It’s main downfall, though, is that sometimes the emotion that is portrayed in face-to-face interaction and even story, it lost.
I so wish you could italicise in text or use a "sarcasm font" to distinguish your tone-- I love using sarcasm but I'm also not sure how it'll read. I think it's annoying when you're reading and you read a line one way and then read the word "quickly" or "sadly" or "sternly" and realise you read it wrong in your head! Oh, but describing conversations can be fun to write. Texting, however, can be for conversation or getting to the nitty-gritty. Whether you're telling Mom you arrived safely or telling your best friend what happened at rehearsal, texting is quite useful. Perhaps one of the most confusing texting conversations, however, are those where you're trying to flirt-- then you need the power trio you sit with in English class to help you out ;P
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