writing, social or individual?

I personally believe that writing can be one of these or even both. What medium you use is going to define everything you do. if you are competing in a state wide essay contest, my guess is that you are writing socially if you are going through the thought process that everyone is going to be reading it. Multiple people are going to review it, and of course it is going to be judged by others. If we are talking about the act of writing itself, when you sit down with your pen and paper and write words? I would personally define that as more of an individual solitary thing. When I am required to write something for a class I prefer to be alone, so that whatever I am thinking can be channeled into what I am trying to get across in the essay. Do not get me wrong some people get their writing done faster while they have distractions, because they can zero in more. What I am getting at is that I think that writing can be either it just depends on who you are, why you’re writing, or what you plan on doing with your writing.