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I Tried Writing On A Tablet With A Keyboard Cover— It Didn’t Go Well
A tablet with a Keyboard cover allows you to write virtually anywhere without the need to carry a heavy laptop. But it doesn’t work for everyone.
I’ve always wanted to be able to write anywhere. To not look back and say I should have brought my computer. It doesn’t matter; As a writer, I need to be able to write wherever and whenever. So I bought a tablet with a keyboard. I thought it was cool and not because I have such a dramatic use for a tablet and keyboard.
It also has a pen so I thought I would sketch some pictures of my Fantasy setting. To this day, I have only one or two sketches. I have the tablet for over a year.
So I wrote on the tablet with the keyboard and thought, awesome, I won’t need to carry a laptop wherever I want to write. I can take this tablet to coffee shops, bars, parks, wherever. For the first few times, it worked. I took the tablet and used it. It’s only 10 inches, so that’s also the size of the keyboard since it is part of the cover. It’s too small. My kebab fingers would always accidentally touch the screen and shift the focus from writing to correcting my position within the text. Also, I would miss some of the letters from time to time since I’m not…
