I used to have quite neat writing as a child but the nerve endings in my hands were just about destroyed as a young adult ( long story ) so I don't have a great sense of touch any more. Resultantly I struggle a bit with "slippery" writing instruments such as ball point pens or rollerball pens. I have to use them sometimes of course but have to concentrate hard to write clearly and without the pen running away across the paper.
Given the choice I much prefer to write with a pencil or fountain pen which sort of grip the paper.
As for my writing history, I too started with a slate and moved on to paper and pencil. straight to a !"biro" and never really got fond of ink pens until I needed to. My favourite writing tool is a really quite old Sheaffer mock tortoiseshell fountain pen in which I tend to use blue/black or black cartridges.
On a keyboard I'm fairly quick but with an odd style using only my index fingers and thumbs on both hands and my little finger on my right hand. Thumbs for Ctrl, Space etc my little finger for Enter, Delete or Backspace and my index fingers for everything else.
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