It’s a key way we communicate with each other!
Read MoreIt’s a hard question to answer because it’s like asking why we breathe. We do it because we have an inherent need to live, to participate, to communicate, to express, to affect, to change.
Read MoreIt is essential to communication. It opens unlimited windows to express your thoughts at different levels (personal, professional, as a member of a group, etc.).
Read MoreWriting matters because it allows us to express ourselves to others. Without clear and effective writing communication, our message can be lost.
Read MoreThe more you write, the easier it becomes. Write often to become a better communicator.
Read MoreWriting matters because it provides a way for us to understand ourselves and others better.
Read MoreMeans of expressing and sharing ideas. Writing is a key tool for communication and documentation.
Read MoreTo develop one’s own thinking and to communicate that process to others. Demonstrate knowledge in an informative way to others (peer-to-peer teaching).
Read MoreWriting helps us organize our ideas and share our ways of thinking with those around us.
Read MoreTo convey a message or a thought clearly. I also believe writing matters because it helps me to think more deeply about a concept or an idea.
Read MoreWriting is a way to visualize your thinking on a topic. It forces you to explain what you might have taken for granted or never even spelled out or thought through for yourself.
Read MoreWriting gives us the opportunity to bring our thoughts and ideas to life in the written word. Our words, spoken and written, are powerful and can change the world.
Read MoreWriting also matters more generally because it creates a more permanent record of a point in time. … Especially in the current political climate, it is critical that we can see what has happened in the past and why (I study political speeches). That way we can potentially become wiser.
Read MoreBecause I want to sometimes
I write to make sense of my thoughts, to ground those thoughts that are abstract
I write to see what I’m thinking and feeling
Writing is a form of therapy
When I write for myself, I find my center..
I write to purge and maintain mental clarity, to reframe,
My words allow me to release thoughts and emotions, to heal and to share love
Writing allows me to channel my stresses into something productive and helps me capture my grateful thoughts
Read MoreSimon succumbs; I revise, resurrect, live.
Read MoreWriting has always been a safe place for me to release and sort through my emotions. Although I keep most of the ideas to myself that I write out, it still is a valuable tool to me.
Read MoreWriting matters because it is such an important way to express ourselves. … Writing is something that lasts, too, which I feel makes it very important…
Read MoreWriting matters to me because I firmly believe the human condition is one with a high fatality and that is short-lived unless we have a lasting and meaningful way to talk to people through both space and time.
Read MoreWriting matters because it's a methodical way to explore ideas in a private space…, but writing is also a way to produce narrative, and connecting to a narrative is a good way to build empathy.
Read MoreWriting matters to me because it's a way to thoughtfully and articulately describe my feelings and/or ideas.
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