INTRODUCTION growth as human beings depends on our capacity to under- stand and to use language.Writing is a way of growing.No one would argue that being able to write will make you mor- ally better.But it will make you more complex and more interesting-in a word,more human.INTRODUCTION growth as human beings depends on our capacity to under￾stand and to use language. Writing is a way of growing. No one would argue that being able to write will make you mor￾ally better. But it will make you more complex and more interesting—in a word, more human