Writing
is one of the major skills in English. The same as speaking, writing is an
active skill which requires learners to produce what they have in mind.
However, this can lead the learners to the real problem of writing. According
to Stephen King, a writer of A Memoir of
the Craft, the scariest moment of writing is always just before starting. Learners
are usually difficult to start writing with any kind of reasons. They easily
give up, then instantly declare that writing is difficult. The learners say it
because they perhaps don’t practice on writing regularly, or they don’t find
any tips to write easier. They may even dislike writing at all. These learners
do not realize that writing is not as difficult as they say. Writing is easy,
like Gene Fowler said, all the learners do is stare at a blank sheet of paper
until drops of blood form on their forehead.
The
first thing that learners can do with writing is that they can produce whatever
their thoughts are. What they are thinking, experiencing, or observing, can be
noted in form of writings. All they have to do is just preparing the writing
tools and sit. As Ernest Hemingway said, “There is nothing to writing. All you
do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” This may sound very simple, but this
is the fact. Learners actually do not need to think twice to start writing,
because writing is a kind of brainstorming the ideas. So, they just need to
write whatever in their mind on pieces of papers.
Besides,
writing doesn’t require too much attention on the theme that is going to be
discussed. A quotation by C.S. Lewis said that learners can make anything by
writing. It means that they who want to write something do not need to take
time to think what the best theme to write. Students are free to choose the
theme for their writings. This is related to the previous paragraph, where learners
are also free to produce whatever in their mind. If they can realize this, it
is sure that the learners will easily start writing without taking much time on
the theme.
The
other thing that make writing easy is that learners can revise what they have
written. Writing allows them to do revising at the end of their writings. Unlike
speaking, writing is a skill that provides learners to re-edit what they have
produced. This is good because learners sometimes meet the reality which is in
contrast to their writings. Revising is needed to correct the mistakes so the
result of writings can be better and issued publicly.
Moreover,
learners can do writing wherever and whenever they want. Writing is an activity
which can be done in every situation. Learners can do writing at home, in an
office, at school, even in a garden. Writing is not the same as the other
skills which require the doers to meet the appropriate place and time. Wherever
they are, people can actually write something in order to record what they have
seen. Time also does not make it difficult because writing is an activity which
gives people every single minute to do that.
In
brief, writing is not that difficult like people say. Writing is easy as it can
help people to produce whatever comes to their mind. This leads to the freedom
of people to choose whatever topic they want to discuss. Writing allows people
to tell the world their results of experience, observation, or even
self-introspection. More than that, writing can be done wherever and whenever
people want. People can do writing in every situation. As long as they have a
desire to write, producing what they have in their mind in form of writings
would not be so troubled.