What Are You Writing For? How Your Academic Writing Skills Transfer Into the Workplace

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Riding pleasure big part in my life I use writing in my personal life working at school in school I'm always riding whether it is discussion boards, essays or research papers I have a lot of classes that requires writing all the writing that I do and school is helping and preparing me for my career job at work I do a lot of writing because I have to do a lot of charting after work, and the writing then I learned from school I can use when I'm charting such as writing complete sentences and grammar. My writing skills have helped me a lot in my personal life and at work.

Reading about Walden students of what they are writing for, I do believe that many other students are the same. There are many reasons to what we write for. We write for purposes of getting a higher grade, for a degree, and to help us improve academically. Writing in the professional field, helps introduce us to a company of who we are and having the support of a letter of recommendation to help us get into what we want to work for. Not only does writing help us academically and professionally, we use it in our daily lives as well. Many people typically write a journal, a diary, a record of their life to remember for or to just do it out of comfort. But as a personal reason, I write as a communication. Writing has help me in life throughout my years of school. I write for myself, for my teachers, for my upper management, and for any other purposes to what I am writing about.

For me, writing plays a huge role in my personal life. I use it as a means to escape, to channel my frustrations, and to put myself in another world at times. It helps me get control of my emotions and calms me in a sense. For me, writing is my therapy.

A few years ago, I was going through some pretty bad issues physically and emotionally. I felt like I really wanted to be anywhere except where I was at the time. I remembered my mom always had a notebook and a pen, and she was always writing something down, whether is was a poem, a recipe, or just her feelings. I was always curious as to why she felt the need to write so much. The last time I had an anxiety attack, I had a revelation. That may have been her way of coping with some of her situations. From there, I decided that I would write. I write no matter what I'm feeling. I write my dreams, my plans and my goals. Whenever I am having a rough day, I write how I feel. There is no format, no rough draft and no organization. That's the beauty of it.

So far, I have managed to fill up 4 journals. The strangest thing is, I never go back and read what I wrote. Part of me doesn't want to go back and read because I would have to relive those emotions, and I want to leave those feelings on the paper I wrote them on. I'm going to continue to write, because there is no judgement, no limit, and no expectations when I'm writing for myself.

Thank you so much for sharing, Jacquelyn! We're so glad that you have found an outlet in writing. Even if you never read what you've written, it sounds like it's making a big difference for you.

I have always looked at writing to be a way to express my deepest thoughts and emotions. Growing up as a child  I remember having a journal and would write about things like what I learned in school that day or how I was feeling. As I got older I started to realize that things seemed so much easier to deal with once to write them down. Writing actually helps you gather your deepest thoughts so that if you feel like verbally expressing them it comes out so much easier and smoothly. I personally have a hard time with expressing my thoughts aloud they never come out correctly and I never get my point across.
My writing comes easy most of the time when I am dealing with heartbreak or pain. I remember my first writing assignment in middle school, where we had to express our feelings in writing this was during the time I lost my grandfather and did not understand things. At that time i was thinking why my grandfather he was such as a good man what did he do wrong I later understand his cause of death was cancer. I believe my writing is what makes me such a humble person writing your thoughts down gives you a breathe of fresh air it also make things so much more clear.

I found this article very common tips when it comes to writing but it also was very helpful because honestly what are we writing for most the time even when it comes to classes in school. Yeah its your assignment to write for a certain reason and for a certain topic but what’s the point after it, the outcome of the assignment is to give you a reason to continue to write express your feelings, manage your time even if you don’t go back and read it or ever look at it again. Writing down your thoughts helps a lot in life you will be surprised of the outcomes a year later if you continue to write here and there like i do every other day. writing is also a stress reliever for me and i love it, its my own happy place at the end of every day. Thank you for proving to students that writing has a point never doubt yourself saying why am i writing theirs no point in it or to it. You gave good tips and proved most students question to themselves before writing wrong that writing has a strong point and a very positive outcome after even sitting down and writing for a minute you can write a daily journal, just write a story, book, shopping list, letter to a friend co worker or your boss for all we care but after your done writing you will realize a difference in yourself and writing helps especially if your shy! Get your words out speak up! Be heard!

I found many interesting points in your wonderful article, that really help me in writing. Thanks for sharing!

I am writing for myself; I am writing to expand my academic writing and my everyday writing. I bear in mind being around some of my buddies, and they would be speaking about logos, ethos, and pathos and as I listen, I felt like they were talking in code or another language. My knowledge of it used to be cloudy. I couldn't survive that feeling and wanted to improve it. So enrolling in a university and enhancing my understanding was the best option for me. Within a university, I knew that I would have to write, write, and further writing, I chose to further my education in the process and came to a realization that I love to write. It is additionally a satisfying way for me to express myself. It has made me see just exactly what I am writing for, and that's myself.

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Glad to read this, Alex. How do you use writing in your professional life?