Rewriting The Red Badge of Courage in Cursive
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Rewriting The Red Badge of Courage in Cursive
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It’s the worst that it’s been since the last time it happened…
Two parts loner.
One part joiner.
Happy Thanksgiving to all #stephencrane enthusiasts.
November 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Hello Monday.
November 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 AM
November 21, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Sunday morning cursive transcription
#theredbadgeofcourage
November 16, 2025 at 4:07 PM
“He was a slightly ragged man, who spat skillfully between his shoes…”

This cursive transcription of #theredbadgeofcourage was started (1st posting on Bluesky) on October 26, 2025
What you are reading on this posted page is early in the first chapter. Thanks for stopping by.
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
#stephencrane
Early in the book….
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
October 28, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Henry leaving home and off to war.
October 28, 2025 at 9:33 PM
October 28, 2025 at 9:30 PM
“He had privately primed himself for a beautiful scene”
#stephencrane
October 28, 2025 at 9:27 PM
“Henry, don’t you be a fool,”
#cursivewriting
#theredbadgeifcourage
October 28, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Reposted by Rewriting The Red Badge of Courage in Cursive
"I will die on the hill of

Yeah, well, at least you'll be dead.
I won't wade into the marsh in which this conversation is currently going on, but I'm happy to note that the first thing a twenty-first-century publishing entity does on receipt of a manuscript and to prepare it for eventual publication is to yank out every single double space after a period.

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October 27, 2025 at 2:58 AM
The cursive technique is always there to remind this old transcriber to
Slow
down
October 27, 2025 at 2:57 PM
“He had burned several times to enlist”
#theredbadgeofcourage
#cursive #transcription
October 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
October 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
“He could not accept with assurance an omen that he was about to mingle in one of those great affairs of the earth”
#redbadgeofcourage
October 27, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Recapturing the cursive technique is challenging…after 60+ years of print writing.
#redbadgeofcourage
#cursive
October 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Early spirited debate among the grunt enlisted troop.
October 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Reposted by Rewriting The Red Badge of Courage in Cursive
“It was not well to drive men into final corners; at those moments they could all develop teeth and claws.”

- Stephen Crane, The Red Badge of Courage
March 29, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Old self literary opinion: “Beautifully written book…hey..and to better capture the essence of the author , I’ll transcribe it in boring and lame cursive style.”
Young self literary opinion: "We're reading The Red Badge of Courage...It's the most boring and lamest book in the world."
October 26, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Henry meets his fellow soldiers.
October 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Transcribed by The Ghost of Frederick Freeman, in an attempt to rehabilitate the long lost cursive technique.
October 26, 2025 at 3:53 PM