Can the snapchat generation write anything other than text messages and social media posts?

Some people don’t want to believe it happened, others are proud of that: we have officially become  that generation that judges people by their Instagram stories, that takes bathroom selfies as if someone would care about their bathroom tiles. We are those who can write fifty messages in one second. We are the snapchat generation. Nowadays young people seem to have forgot how to write anything other than text messages and social media posts, is it true?

Now, the question naturally arises: can they even write texts and posts? Bc srsly, if u write like this IDU anything. If that’s how teenagers are used to writing, I can definitely see why not even them consider that as actual writing. When they send a text they rarely revise what they wrote in order to be fast, so spelling and grammar are often wrong. One critic called this kind of writing “penmanship for illiterates”.

On the other hand, there are also positive aspects. Firstly, teenagers are very fast when it comes to typing, and that’s amazing because the problem is that, while you are writing a sentence, you often forget what you wanted to write next. Teens don’t have these problems because they are so fast they can easily keep up with their thoughts. Furthermore, they have a huge amount of information from social medias that can be an inspiration for their writing.  

It is also worth considering that young people have access to social networks such as Wattpad, where they can share their works. Well, not all of them are good, but what is important is that teenagers are  pushed into writing and it can be a good way to practice, also because there is the possibility to exchange ideas and advices with other writers, which I find very instructive.

All in all, the snapchat generation has all the means needed to improve their writing and this is a great advantage.