| There are as many reasons to write as there are | | | | combination thereof. |
| writers. Each of us has our own reasons why we | | | | Compensation |
| sit in front of a keyboard or scribble our thoughts | | | | Thousands write for the money and other |
| on a pad. Even so, there are some key reasons | | | | compensations. From journalists, professional |
| why you should regularly write. Whether its | | | | authors, poets and screen writers to copy writers |
| articles, essays, poems, compositions, papers, | | | | and academic materials authors there is money to |
| books, e-books, ad copy, literature or any other | | | | be made for those who can move up to buy, |
| of the myriad of writing forms, it's a vocation | | | | instruct us, sway our emotions or entertain us |
| that serves almost everyone in good stead. Here | | | | through their words. Newspapers, books, |
| are seven good reasons why YOU should join the | | | | magazines, flyers, ads, stories and a host of other |
| great legacy of writers. | | | | forms all vie for a portion of our lives each day. |
| To Express Your Ideas | | | | Movies, plays, TV and radio programs, and other |
| Every one of us gets ideas. We get ideas for | | | | audio visual forms were originally written down in |
| new products or services, new ways of doing | | | | some format. |
| things, ideas for changing the old or introducing | | | | To Share Knowledge |
| the new. We write down our ideas first to | | | | Scientific, medical and educational writing is, for |
| preserve and protect them, then to share them | | | | the most part, a way of releasing new knowledge |
| with others. Development of ideas can also come | | | | or the results of study, thought and investigation |
| from writing them down and thinking about or | | | | to large groups of others. Journals, reports and |
| brainstorming about them. Writing could be used | | | | technical discourse in virtually every field are |
| to help in organizing our thoughts to extend or | | | | available for the enrichment of knowledge of |
| complete mental processing of ideas. | | | | those whose lives involve them in higher education |
| To Share Our Experiences | | | | or scientific study. Indeed, a staunch requirement |
| We may write to share any number of the | | | | of the vast majority of universities and institutes |
| experiences that fill and enrich our lives. Our | | | | of higher education is the regular publication of |
| experiences run the gamut of human emotion | | | | new knowledge in the field of the professor. |
| from uplifting to the dregs of despair. One way to | | | | To Document Progress and Changes |
| share our experiences and the emotions | | | | An untold quantity of events occurs each day |
| associated with those experiences is to write | | | | worldwide. Many may impact us individually. Some |
| about them. A good writer can make us feel | | | | may impact those we know. Other events |
| emotions through the words on a printed page or | | | | seemingly do not touch our lives at all. Or at least |
| screen. | | | | so we think. According to the "Chaos Theory" and |
| Personal Challenge | | | | the "Butterfly Effect", a seemingly innocuous |
| Writing is often a way of overcoming personal | | | | event on the other side of the world may have |
| challenge. As words flow onto the page, we strive | | | | major impact on an event in the near or distant |
| for goals we may have set. It may be a record | | | | future thousands of miles away. "The flutter of a |
| we're trying to keep. We may want to thoroughly | | | | butterfly's wings may cause a storm in another |
| document some outstanding facet of our | | | | part of the world." Current events are |
| existence - good or bad. We may simply want to | | | | documented at an astounding rate. Ultimately, it's |
| make writing more a part of the way we | | | | possible for you to know intricate details of |
| express ourselves on an everyday basis. Getting | | | | occurrences ostensibly, any where on earth at |
| the words down then, is the challenge for some | | | | almost any time. |
| of us. The challenge of keeping the words flowing | | | | For every writer, there are different reasons to |
| can be a formidable one if we don't allow our | | | | write. No matter the writing motivations are for |
| hearts and minds to open up to the free | | | | you, you should strive to continue to contribute to |
| discourse of our thoughts and emotions. | | | | the vast well spring of knowledge and |
| Recognition | | | | experiences that writers provide. So sit in front of |
| One could write for recognition as a person who | | | | a keyboard or scribble your thoughts on a pad, |
| is highly knowledgeable in a field or endeavor. We | | | | but whatever form you use, just continue to |
| want to be recognized as an expert or perhaps a | | | | write. Continue to be a part of the great legacy |
| near expert on a topic. This can be accomplished | | | | of writers like Shakespeare, Hemingway, Poe, |
| through writing books and articles that share a | | | | Frost, Cummings, Carnegie and Peale, among |
| portion of what we know. An expert isn't | | | | thousands of others. They filled us with emotion, |
| someone who knows everything about a subject, | | | | documented our times, molded our language and |
| but rather, an expert is a person who knows | | | | helped to shape our future. |
| more than the average person about a topic. This | | | | How about you? |
| may be through formal study, experience or a | | | | |