<p>^self explanatory</p>
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<li>Because speaking and signaling are not always convenient methods of communication.</li>
<li>It’s a way to record information about pretty much everything. </li>
<li>It’s an art form.</li>
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<p>Being able to communicate with other human beings is vital no matter what you do in life. A lot of this communication will take place via writing.</p>
<p>It’s not for the many professions. You’re welcome to those.</p>
<p>^I’m not questioning that it is important, I just wanted to see different ideas on the topic… :/</p>
<p>let me rephrase slightly. why do you think writing is important as an art form?</p>
<p>Writing is crucial to future careers and jobs. Trust me. Even though you probably don’t want 4 years of English in high school, 4 years is necessary.</p>
<p>As an art form, many writers are announcers of things in creative ways. Humorists, for example, tell you about devastating things through comedy so that people aren’t, well, devastated when they hear it.</p>
<p>And it’s often easier and appeals to a broader audience to present an idea through symbolism/fiction/allegory/etc. You usually have a moral in mind, but to communicate it, you need to make the story that does so relatable to your audience. This is an application of writing as an art form.</p>
<p>Also, people often just enjoy creative writing.</p>
<p>Writing can tell a story, for fun, or in some cases, for a “higher purpose”. </p>
<p>Look at all of the great books: Of Mice and Men, Aesop’s Fables, etc. They all have something in common, though their main ideas can be different (war, peace, loneliness, etc): they help the reader understand what’s going on and the stories generally help people learn/understand from the story, whether its a novel, fable, short story, etc. </p>
<p>Hemingway showed war, Aesops’s Fables showed people their shortcomings and errors of their ways, and while they are different, their purpose is the same.</p>
<p>Writing not only helps people communicate, but it helps them understand and learn.</p>
<p>Well, if we’re going to go into it as an art:
The beauty of literature (along with music, actually) is that you can insert your personality into the story a bit. You read what’s on the page and then you imagine it in your head, but everyone imagines it a bit differently. I mean, if you don’t like social darwinism, then you’re not going to find a way around Ayn Rand’s stuff, but there’s still a bit of interpretation involved.</p>
<p>Do you guys think there’s anything inherently good about writing as a medium that can’t be found in other places?
For example, do you think there’s any benefit to learning something from a written textbook as opposed to from an educational video or a lecture?
Or from reading a story instead of just hearing it told?
We were discussing this in my English class and I thought it was interesting.</p>
<p>^Yes and no. People learn differently. Some students learn better by doing hands on activities, some do better reading, some do better hearing. So for some students, there is a benefit is using a video rather than book, etc, for some others, there’s not any benefit, in fact, it could lower their test grades. That’s why teachers use all different methods (or at least, they’re supposed to), so everyone has an “equal” chance of doing well. Of course, students struggling can always go for tutoring, etc, if the need arises.</p>
<p>Writing expresses clearly what we think and avoid confusion in the readers. Written formats can be preserved and we can reflect on them later.</p>
<p>^I wouldn’t say writing “avoids confusion” when used as an art form. Rather, in many ways, it adds to the “confusion.” It’s one of the few art forms that allows visualization to be left entirely to the reader. The author presents an image, but it is the reader’s responsibility to create the image, and in doing so, insert one’s own views and biases into it. The author’s responsibility is to simply present a scene, a “truth” if you may, and leave it to individual interpretation. He is to guide opinion; not tell the reader what to think, but to make him/her wade through the rhetoric and see for themselves, adding a very personal aspect to each written work. </p>
<p>I love writing.</p>