Writing: A Social or Individual Practice?

In my opinion writing tends to be more of an individual practice but can be categorized as both a social and individual practice. I believe most people write intentionally for themselves. They write about things that come to their minds and things they have questions about. It’s when other people begin to read these things that they become part of a social writing practice. Writing is about expressing who you are as a person whether or not you’re doing it for yourself or someone else depends on you and only you. The kind of practice it actually is also depends on what exactly a person is writing. When writing in diaries or journals those are typically for the person writing it but it may became a public thing in the future. Compared to when you’re writing a specific story it is intended for a specific audience so that is social writing. Although there are many ways to argue whether writing is social or individual it really depends on what your writing and what you’re going to do with it when you’re finished.