You must have noticed on your social media feed, some people are excellent with words and it reflects in captioning whatever they post. We all often see attractive captions, well-thought comments and engaging stories on social media. At the same time, many people struggle to do this. So what is it that makes it easier to put those thoughts into words to express what you want to say? Writing well!
Even though we no longer spend time writing letters to one another, we still use writing in our daily communications, whether it’s text messages, emails, college applications or posts on social media. Written communication is arguably one of the most essential skills to have. The power of writing is self-evident.
Why is writing important for you?
If you’ve ever wondered why writing is so important to you, the answer is simple. Learning to write well will directly impact everything else, regardless of what you’re studying or what grade you’re in. Almost every job entails some combination of filling out an application, creating a resume, and writing reports and other documents. If you can’t write well, you’ll face difficulty through even the simplest writing assignments, which could affect your other opportunities.
The earlier you learn to write, the better you’ll get at it; here are some reasons why writing is important for you.
- To communicate ideas effectively – How you express your ideas, opinions, and thoughts reflects how you conceptualize ideas and present them.
- To develop critical thinking – Writing improves your thinking process and help develop critical thinking. One of the main goals of the writing process is to learn how to think critically.
- To formulate arguments coherently – Writing helps you organize points and using those points, you can clearly state your thoughts or present an idea before others. It also helps to understand how you can present your opinions
- To summarise your observations and learnings – Writing helps you process the information seen/observed about a specific topic or a process. If you maintain a log of your observations or journaling, you are better able to arrive at a conclusion.
- To develop reflective thinking – In reflective thinking, you can describe, interpret, and reflect on a particular situation and then put it in words. It teaches you the narration of experiences to draw conclusions that are being exercised.
If you can think and speak and write, you are better equipped to deal with the challenges of your career. The ability to communicate a meaningful and compelling message through effective writing is key. Isn’t it amazing when you learn to express a complete thought with a well-written sentence and then build strong paragraphs. Learning to use language effectively and expressing ideas logically can work wonders for you.
How can you get started with writing?
- One of the suggestive ways could be, to pick up a problem for which you want to write.
- If you’ve read a lot about the issue, you’ll have something to say about it. So what can get you to start writing is ‘here is an interesting issue or here is an interesting problem.’
- Let us just think about it on paper for a few minutes and start writing, ‘here is what I feel about it, here is my view on the same.’
In a world full of hashtags, catchy captions, story titles, be the one who can express oneself well with good sentences. Hone your words and communicate effectively.