"Language and Communication"
"Writing"
Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas
Defining Writing
Writing is a tactile visual form of communication. When we write we create a visual communication that can be sensed by touch. Writing requires that we imprint onto, a tactile material, representations for thoughts and ideas. Writing is developed through our ability to make marks and leave imprints by using the tools and materials available to us from our current technology.
When to be Writing
With growth and training we begin to recognize lines, curves, and shapes that we try to replicate by carving, drawing, and inscribing. We use our fingers and hands before moving onto pencils and markers. We mold clay, chisel rock, and carve wood. We add our own creative style when replicating letters by creating fonts, adding color, underlining, and making bold traces. We should encourage each other to develop writing skills from the earliest possible time in our life.
How much writing is good
Although we have established measuring units for writing like words, sentences, paragraphs, pages and essays, we should also keep in mind that we must look at what is being communicated to us through the writing. Words should be spelled correctly, sentences should be complete, paragraphs should be thorough, essays should be structured properly so that the thoughts and ideas that we are going to convene through writing are clear.
Why should we be writing?
Writing provides for us a concrete record of thoughts, ideas, and expressions. If the writing is done by many people, with a purpose, after careful consideration of worries and concerns, then writing can become a long lasting example of not only literal meaning, but of a reflection of the human characteristics of thinking, cooperation, development, and growth. Writing allows us to reach others and share opinions, and if it lasts through time, writing allows us to reach future generations, as well as allowing them to look back at past ones.
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