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Some people love it, other despise it: no matter how you feel about writing it is a necessity in life. Writing—unlike math—is a useful skill that almost everyone uses outside of the classroom. Whether you’re compiling a portfolio for potential employees, sending a quick text message or composing a business letter, you’re using writing in one way or another. Since writing is used in so many ways by so many different people, it’s obvious that individuals are bound to form their own definition for the term “writing.”

In my opinion, writing is a technique people use for communicating with each other. News reporters use writing to diffuse information about current events across a community, authors create books that convey some of their most creative and innovative thoughts, and everyday people utilize writing to converse with peers who they aren’t able to see. No matter what form of writing you contemplate, in some way or another it is a form of communication.

Since writing is a means for communication, it’s no surprise that people often pass on their opinions through writing. Journalists who aren’t constructing an editorial are exclude all personal beliefs from their writing. There is some speculation, however that it is humanly impossible to create a truly impartial piece of writing. I disagree with this statement, however. If a journalist were to put their word choice under close inspection, and include quotes expressing contradicting feelings towards a topic from different people, they could easily generate an unbiased piece of writing.