Process writing and writers' workshop are now well-known phrases. Teachers are encouraging students to write, and students are writing more than ever before. Students who write become better students, and teachers who write become better teachers. There are several reasons for this. To write is to become a more reflective person.
Writing requires and promotes the ability to contemplate and to see aspects of life more clearly.
Writing cannot be rushed, and it takes an uninterrupted block of time to write well. It happens at its own pace, and sometimes it doesn't happen at all. To write to is to exhibit a private part of your mind and your soul that is inaccessible to others in most ways. To write is to tell another reader and even yourself that you have an imagination, awkward thoughts, misconceptions, and curiosity. To write is to admit that you don't always know the answers to everything, that you sometimes don't have anything new to say, and that you sometimes need to share an idea that you can't just say aloud.