What is writing and Why do it?

I have just known that a writing is different from an essay when I finished reading Horton's book.


Of what he said, I realize that I can do a writing only. I do hope all his advices can lead me to achieve what he has called -- essay.

Khun Am's Post

Dear teacher

First of all, I would like to say “I’m sorry” for too late in our first assignment. The first time I saw our big papers I thought it will make a lot of work to me and I can not read them all to finish. But when I have read Horton’s theory, although I can not understand some of it, I think I will study this course easier because Horton said we must back to basics and forget the grammar.

About the writing, in my opinion when I have read “what is writing and why do it?” I think writing is a good product of complex thinking. First, when we think of something a lot in our mind or brain, we will approach those thinking to papers for memory. It is a process that we make step by step, we have to think a lot before write our thinking down to a paper so it is not only one time of thinking but we use many times to think and the writing will be proof all the time when we put our pen on the paper.

When I add my “little” comment in the blog, I wrote my opinion in papers and think again and again about how to write and recheck when it done. I don’t know my homework is true but when I reread to my first paragraph I realize that do not pay attention with it and forget the grammar. And I found that this homework is not bad. (Ha ha ha!!!)

Thank you.

Khun Pat's Post

I agree with Horton said that rules are important but if we focus on it too much, we may miss the joy of something new because I'm not well in grammar (555). I have thought that I can write in the way I said because it just transfer the idea to others but Horton don't think so he said writing is special kind of language.
I hope this book will demonstrate me about method and technique of writing and make me change my thought that writing is very difficult with his technique as he said "Back to Basics".

November 5, 2008 7:35 PM

What is Writing and Why Do It ?

I agree with Horton in which he said "Somehow, even those on personal subjects, have felt puzzled and then betrayed when we ... a readable form" The reason why I agree with him is it's not easy to write an essay; especially, wiring an academic essays. The writers have to combine all of their knowledge and explain it in easy understanding way. I've been learnt the precis writing, it was extremly difficult. The process of writing a precis is read through the story, then try to summarize and subdue all of data into a readable form.

I've never known that writing is how mind's think, but essays is how thinking about complez issues and we need paper to answer complex questions.

The techniques that he gave in the end was very interesting.