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Writing is free.  You do not need to buy anything new for it.  You can use the computer you already have, or pick up a pen and paper from around your home.  You don't have to listen to commercials or travel anywhere.  But because it is free, no one profits by encouraging you to write.  The result is that you will rarely hear someone to recommend that you write a book, a poem, a letter, or anything else.  You have to take the initiative on your own.

Writing is free.  You do not need to buy anything new for it.  You can use the computer you already have, or pick up a pen and paper from around your home.  You don't have to listen to commercials or travel anywhere.  But because it is free, no one profits by encouraging you to write.  The result is that you will rarely hear someone to recommend that you write a book, a poem, a letter, or anything else.  You have to take the initiative on your own.

Writing can be done anywhere: at home or away, while standing in line, while waiting for an appointment, or out of boredom.  It can be done any time of day or night.  As you'll see in the example below, it can even be done well in darkness.

Writing can be done anywhere: at home or away, while standing in line, while waiting for an appointment, or out of boredom.  It can be done any time of day or night.  As you'll see in the example below, it can even be done well in darkness.  People who are paralyzed, or blind, or deaf, or mute, or without arms or legs, can all enjoy and benefit from writing as much as anyone else.

Writing is the most creative activity possible.  It is the human activity that is closest to pure creation of something out of nothing, like the creation of the world.  Writing takes a set of infinite possibilities and crafts something meaningful and finite.  Writing -- and only writing -- converts the chaos of random thoughts into the perfect order of ideas, logic and expression.

Writing is the most creative activity possible.  It is the human activity that is closest to pure creation of something out of nothing, like the creation of the world.  Writing takes a set of infinite possibilities and crafts something meaningful and finite.  Writing -- and only writing -- converts the chaos of random thoughts into the perfect order of ideas, logic and expression.

Writing has changed the world for the better.  "The pen is mightier than the sword" is a famous insight.  Thomas Paine's pamphlet entitled "Common Sense" helped win independence for the American colonies from Great Britain;  Harriet Beecher Stowe's book "Uncle Tom's Cabin" started the Civil War, and the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" helped with it for the Union.  Many of the most influential people in history were writers, starting with Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the authors of the four Gospels.

Writing has changed the world for the better.  "The pen is mightier than the sword" is a famous insight.  Thomas Paine's pamphlet entitled ''Common Sense'' helped win independence for the American colonies from Great Britain;  Harriet Beecher Stowe's book ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' started the Civil War, and the ''Battle Hymn of the Republic'' helped with it for the Union.  Many of the most influential people in history were writers, including Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the authors of the four ''Gospels''.

Like the Bible, many of the greatest writings in history were inspired - and you might be inspired too.  But inspired writing cannot occur unless you give it a chance and put pen to paper, or start typing on your computer.  Here is how the author (Julia W. Howe) of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" describes her inspiration for the lyrics ("Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored ...."):<ref>http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/h/bhymnotr.htm</ref>

Like the Bible, many of the greatest writings in history were inspired - and you might be inspired too.  But inspired writing cannot occur unless you give it a chance and put pen to paper, or start typing on your computer.  Here is how the author (Julia W. Howe) of the "Battle Hymn of the Republic" describes her inspiration for the lyrics ("Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored ...."):<ref>http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/h/bhymnotr.htm</ref>

In your essay, use at least one new word that you do not ordinarily use, and underline it.

In your essay, use at least one new word that you do not ordinarily use, and underline it.

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