I inititally conceived the third and final project for this course, How and Why I Write (based off of George Orwell's similarly titled piece), as another lyrical venture, in keeping with the same theme of my other works. However, I ultimately decided against this, in part because of the difficultly of reconciling clarity with a rigid lyrical structure, and in part because I was just so ready to get back to regular writing.

 

Of course, the final product (as you'll see for yourself) isn't really classifiable as "regular writing"; moreso a facimile of the writing I do in my regular academic courses. The reason for this satire is twofold. Firstly, I have never hidden my disdain for questions in this course that I deem unncessary, such as "What is writing", "What makes good blogging", and, indeed, "Why do I write". Taking a satirical approach to answering it was the only avenue of which I could think. Secondly, I find that traditional academic papers often approach these unanswerable questions with misguided vigor, often claiming to have solved puzzles that are either unsolvable, or don't beg to be solved in the first place. "Why I Write" seemed to be exactly the kind of prompt that a scholar would foolishly undertake, and through my opinions on both of the components of this assignment, this work was produced.

 

You'll notice the tone throughout is less subtle than most satire. I initially was going to go the opposite of that direction, but despite my mockery, I was still operating within the constraints of the assignment. Thusly, I adopted a more serious tone in the last paragraph - the closest I'll ever come to actually addressing why I write - and to create a sharper juxtaposition between the two parts, I admittedly hammed up the rest of the paper. The final product below is the best I can do at reconciling my dislike for the question with the honest answer to which I nevertheless came.