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Believe it or not, there are specific parts of the brain that work the best when you engage in writing practice. In addition to the nervous impulses necessary to move your hand, it engages the brain's more creative parts. This allows you to foresee conclusions and write simultaneously.
Writing engages all of the parts of your brain associated with reasoning, focus, and, most importantly, language. Consequently, when you write about a given subject, you’re more likely to remember its details. This not only makes you more knowledgeable, when you are writing about a topic within your area of expertise. It also aids in formulating conclusions related to it and communicating those conclusions in future content or speeches.
Gears move in a variety of different brain areas when you write. The same gears are tweaked when you speak. This includes common activities like a simple dialogue with a colleague or reading a speech aloud. As the person speaking, the extent to which you speak (and use these parts of your brain in tandem) not only impacts your ability to communicate. It also impacts your ability to identify, process, and retain new information. Likewise, for an audience, hearing a story versus reading it means greater retention of your message.
Not everyone needs to be a writer to work on their writing. Want to try a writing challenge to measure your skills? Try taking the lesson below this Cafetalk Day...
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