Just like reading, people write for various reasons. People write because that's their job. People write to reflect upon their day in their journal or diary. People write because it's part of their assignment. People write because it's easier for them to write how they feel instead of say it aloud. Whatever the reason is, people write. Whatever the reason is, people want to write something that is meaningful to them and possibly the public. Janet Emig once said, "Writing is often our representation of the world made visible. When one reads what another has written, he/she is opening their minds to see things differently from a new perspective. The experiences an author has had also lends itself to the reading process which can certainly entertain an audience. Reading can help someone feel like he/she isn't alone in the world. A reader can identify him/herself as a character in the book.
Reading and writing are both areas that contribute to language arts. Both of these areas help to create language, an art form. By engaging in each of these a student has the opportunity to see if he/she has grasped and successfully utilized what he/she has learned in the classroom. Both reading and writing are processes and have to be taught. Some writing isn't worth reading and it's those works that can turn someone off to the whole idea altogether. But when someone finds a good book, the search to find one better than the last read is relentless.
When someone writes, there are no limits, only what he/she limits him/herself to. Vera John-Steiner has a quote that reads, "Writing is the product of a creative, dynamic learning process that spirals naturally upward and outward toward limitless possibilities." Writing and reading both employ the use of imagination. Writing something and later revisiting that particular piece can be done with a sense of pride, if you were the author, or gratitude, if you were the reader. Reading or writing producing something that has no bounds or limits is exciting. Hopefully, a habit will develop from this entertaining discovery.