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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" helped end slavery.  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, starting with Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, the authors of the four Gospels.

 

 

:I awoke in the grey of the morn­ing, and as I lay wait­ing for dawn, the long lines of the de­sired po­em be­gan to en­twine them­selves in my mind, and I said to my­self, "I must get up and write these vers­es, lest I fall asleep and for­get them!" So I sprang out of bed and in the dim­ness found an old stump of a pen, which I re­mem­bered us­ing the day be­fore. I scrawled the vers­es al­most with­out look­ing at the p­aper.

Learning to write, and write well, will open more opportunities for you than any other skill.  It is better even than learning how to swim, or ride a bicycle, or fly a plane, or become a good debater, or speak many languages.  Once you develop the talent of good writing, there is almost no limit to what you can achieve, and most jobs and activities become much easier.  While your college classmates or co-workers are struggling with a writing assignment, you'll be finishing it with skill and ease.

Learning to write, and write well, will open more opportunities for you than any other skill.  It is better even than learning how to swim, or ride a bicycle, or fly a plane, or become a good debater, or speak many languages.  Once you develop the talent of good writing, there is almost no limit to what you can achieve, and most jobs and activities become much easier.  While your college classmates or co-workers are struggling with a writing assignment, you'll be finishing it with skill and ease.

== Homework Assignment ==

== Homework Assignment ==

Under test conditions, write an essay for the SAT I writing portion.

Write an essay of at least 300 words about any topic you like.  It could be about a personal experience, or the tragedy in Haiti, or a song that you like, or anything else.

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