New to Japanese and needed help

(2016-02-01, 10:41 pm)CureDolly Wrote: Of course none of this has any bearing on whether one writes kanji by hand or not.

Actually writing and typing use different areas of the brain, so they have a different impact on learning. My previous (now edited) post should have been clearer, I apologize for the confusion. Basically I'm saying "yes written/typed production is good, but literal written production is even better".