Reasons why people write.

Good day, Cash readers. In today's article, we will try to see the possible reasons for writing.

'Why Write?

Let's take a look at the question, "Why to write?" There are many possible reasons in which people choose to write, too many to list here. However, The article continues on the following pages, you will find a categorization of the main reasons authors choose to transfer their thoughts from their mind to paper.

To begin the journey, we will start by writing to record a memory. This is one of the most common motives for people to write. There are two types of recording memories, holding on a journal, and writing a memoir. Both achieve the same purpose, preserving the memory for future reference and bringing some sort of order to the experience.

The human activity of keeping a journal is for personal reflection. Many refer to a journal, in the same manner, they correlate to a diary, but they are two separate forms of writing. A diary is a daily consensus of the events that happened, while, a journal will include reflections and observances of the events. Journals give a snapshot into the time in which it was written.

Memoir comes from the Latin word for memory. The focus is usually on the writer's experiences with a person, place, or event. In comparison to a journal, the primary difference lies in the planned audience. A journal is for the writer only, while a memoir is written with the mission of communicating the memory to others. Like in 'Finishing School by Maya Angelou, she writes a memoir to inform of her upbringing as a black child being taught white female formalities. Here, her intent of the piece is to give an insight into what it was like for her as an indigent slave child to interact with her white peers in the 1930's.

Writers write to inquire into the self. To most, this is the simplest form of self-discovery. While this the motive is somewhat similar to writing to record memories, the emphasis is different. The writing is created to give a medium to look into your past, present, and even future. You can study on your feelings or examine relationships. In the end, it will provide the writer with knowledge and understanding of themselves.

Writers write to inspect an idea. Here, the work is written only for personal uses, to assist the writer in the discovery of eventually unobtained ideas and understandings. It is much like thinking out loud, just without the verbal effort. Usually, the writing is without structure. It resembles Freud's free association in many ways, you start at nothing and a chain of thoughts will oversee you to a conclusion.

Writers write to decipher the information. It is used to tell the why's and the how's. Information is proposed within the work to reveal what isn't readily apparent to the audience. Why is Africa a desert? How did it become a desert? These are the kinds of questions in which the answers will be explained to the audience in a descriptive, analytical way giving evidence, interpretations, and definitions.

Writers write to entertain others. The objective is to bring pleasure to others, making them laugh or smile. Humor, the most often used form of entertainment, is a great tension breaker poking fun at things we all make fun of but would greatly miss if discontinued. Satire is another form of amusement, It is used to focus attention to the drawbacks of society through an occasionally comical, sometimes harsh reference.

Writers write to persuade others. This persuasion can range from reasonable advertising to scholarly arguments. Whether you are applying for a job, trying to sell personal items, or maybe placing an ad, you are trying to persuade others to do something you want. With all situations, and possibly the reason you are writing to persuade rather than to explain, you will face opposition. Whether you are writing to react or attack, the focus of the paper will remain the same, to make people do what you want.

What I have summed up is just a large categorization of writers' reasoning to put thoughts on paper. An approach as to why someone writes hasn't been created, and definitely will never be. A writer writes for many reasons varying from making a convincing argument to making a shopping list.

All do one thing. The work created serves the purpose the author planned to. So write, I say. write, cash reader

Well, Cash readers, My article ends here. Thanks for taking this journey with me.