On Writing

Writing, a form of written communication, serves many purposes. Writing is used to express ideas, concepts, facts, and other bits of information. The purpose behind writing may be to inform, entertain, persuade, or some combination of these three.

Writing is oftentimes targeted towards a particular audience. The audience may be adults, children, other writers, politicians, a specific age range, a particular demographic, etc. The writing is crafted in such a way with the hope of appealing to a particular group or it may be written to appeal to a general audience.

A benefit of writing is to get one’s ideas down on paper. This is helpful because it allows one to crystallize their thinking. Once one’s ideas are written down they may be edited, further refined, and reviewed by others.

Another benefit of writing is its ability to share ideas with one another. Other forms of communication, such as visual or spoken, are also effective in this regard but they generally lack the ability to be edited one of the strengths of writing. Writings can be developed over time. The author of a work can even revisit that work years later after it has been written. A poetry archive that I’ve been developing since 1997 is a good example of this. Time and the increase in my writing capability has allowed me to make refinements that otherwise might not have been made.

Truly writing is a powerful form of communication. Millions of works are available for people to enjoy ranging widely in subject and tenor. Writing enables writers to creatively express themselves.