Why Write?

For many people writing is something that is forced upon them. For example, right now I am writing a blog because Phil told us to even though I don't want to. Depending on what job you have or what your intrests are, why you write can be for a variety of reasons. In modern society I believe not many people write because they want to, they do so because they have to. Not the average person sits down and says "Hey, I think i'll write a paper". They do it for school, work, or anything else saying write this about this. It also doesn't mean that people write alot. What I mean by that is some people log on to Facebook everyday and feel the need to write about their day to thier friends or tell everyone what they are doing/thinking. In essence I suppose that why write means that it's about what you want to write about. I guarantee you ask any student whether they would rather write on Facebook or write a paper and 9 times out of 10 they would say Facebook. Even if the parameters were the same, such as page length or number or words, Facebook would win everytime.