What is Writing?

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From my findings, I get a general consensus that writing the act of putting your thoughts and feeling on paper, whether it’s for academic purposes or just to dump out your innermost feelings. This type of writing occurs in our everyday lives whether it’s by sending out a text message or by writing a discussion board post for your History class. If the writing is more personal, often times I found it is done in a journal somewhere quiet, like one’s room where there is no fear of judgment amongst one’s thoughts. It is also common for academic pieces to be done in a library where there are no distractions from getting the paper done. Everyone liked how freeing writing is and that often times there are no rules as to what and how you can write about. It can be anything they want it to be. Often times the dislikes about writing stemmed around the rules and guidelines set about by classes, whether it’s because of word count or specific topics. It can be tedious and frustrating to have these guidelines when you are so used to just being free with your thoughts.

 These ideas pretty much coincide with my thoughts about writing, for I feel as though we use writing so much in our day to day lives that it is not tedious until there are specific guidelines to follow. Writing and composing are very much different things, though. One of my friends believed composing was more artistic in a sense. Composing involves much more thought behind the piece in comparison to very basic thought that is required of a text message. She very much believed composing to be more relevant to art than writing in general. Another friend; however, believed composing to be more of your own personal thoughts while writing is more serious and derived from specific topics or ideas. Both of these ideas contradict one another but I would have to agree with the first. Composing can be involving art or it can be the process of putting together a romance poem. It is more tedious and involves much more careful thought and process.

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  1. UnknownSeptember 5, 2017 at 12:35 PM

    So many of your interviewees went to school-based writing--why do you think we deem some acts as writing but not others? What is it about writing that makes so many of us jump to school as oppose to everyday acts of writing (texting, making lists) or the kinds of writing we do in professional settings?

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