Writing for Change!
"Writing gives people the opportunity to express themselves
regardless of whether they are writing journalism, fiction or other type of
genre. Writing, in its essence, is a soul soother. As the pen hits the page or
fingers tap on a keyboard, the writing is the beginning of personal expression.
People write for a variety of reasons, but mainly writing serves to provoke
change."
Writing is done to express your feelings in words. Feelings
are precious and everything we learn from our feelings is worth sharing with
other people because it helps other people to improve themselves by expanding
their consciousness. Just like how drops of water contribute to make a sea, our
writings will contribute to make a progress in human consciousness. So, write
everything you experience or feel because this is not only going to help you
but also help the whole human race.
Writing to Express Yourself
When people are stressed out or unnerved by certain
situations in their lives, writing can tame those qualms. Putting thoughts on a
page can help people solve those problems or just provide a sense of peace by
expressing their feelings rather than keeping them bottled up inside. Journals,
diaries and poetic writing are perfect examples of writing that soothes the
soul. These personal memoirs are a collection of memories, good and bad, that
the writer wrote about in order to keep a particularly positive memory alive or
work out a negative issue.
Writing to Provoke Change
Writing can also be used to provoke change. When people blog
or publish books and articles about controversial issues such as abortion or
gay marriage, they are using persuasive language to get their point across and
convince others that their platform on a certain policy is correct. When
writers have a very large audience, they are sometimes able to influence public
opinion.
Writers can also use their tools to gain attention or
notoriety. They may focus on writing about a particular topic to become
well-known for their opinions about it. For example, celebrity blogger Perez
Hilton has made a name for himself by breaking entertainment news stories, but
his site has gained notoriety because of his snarky and sometimes rude comments
about celebrities.
Writing for Educational Purpose
Students, regardless of if they're pursuing a high school
diploma, bachelor's degree, master's degree or Ph.D., write to enhance their
education and fulfill class requirements. This type of writing serves to help
students delve deeper into the topics of their classes. For example, if a
student studying health writes a paper about premature babies or adult men
living with HIV, she will come out with a better understanding of the topic
once the paper is written.
Writing Books
People write books for a wide variety of reasons, but in
general the underlying reason is that they have a story to share with the
world, whether it is fiction or non-fiction. Writing a book gives a writer the
opportunity to have his ideas heard by people all over the world.
Most people don’t write because they think they are not good
enough to write or their grammar is very poor. This should never be an excuse.
In fact, I am very poor at grammar and know very little about it but I haven’t
given up writing. People will eventually read and learn about the knowledge you
share and very few among those people care about your grammar and structure
mistakes. What really matters is the message you are trying to send. Maybe
there are people who take grammar seriously but it shouldn’t be a problem as
far as you are trying to express your feelings into words.
Written to motivate everyone to write. This is a fun activity!
