
Writing is very important. By writing, writers may get something beneficial. Why not, writing we can transfer knowledge to other people. After someone have read book, He can write something from what he read and his experience. So it makes our memory strong. As according to Dr. Pannebaker the benefits of writing is: to make clear the though, to solve trauma, to help get and to memorize new information, to help solve problem, and last to help when we are forced to write. But why many friends don’t want to write if writing has many benefits. It is because is difficult, or we don’t have experience about writing. But if we know that writing is easy, don’t be afraid if we have many mistakes when writing. Study is a process.
Karen Armstrong, he is a big writer. Books of Karen Armstrong had earth-shaking his name A History of God (1993) and it was translate into many languages. But before he became a writer, he had a bad experience when he was still young. He ever lived in obey. He had lived there for seven years; he felt like to live in the prison. He experience a terrible life after he got out from obey, it’s caused by his diseases. When he was a permanent teacher, he had got out of his job as a teacher. He tried to kill him self. He tried to consult a doctor about his illness. After he recovered from his illness, but not 100 percent, he tried to embrace the world of spiritual which it had lost. After that he wrote a book, entitled, A History of God. Fantastic, His life changed quickly.
When we send our writing to news paper publisher example: Jawa pos, Kompas, Sindo, etc. We can get some money. We need to study journalistic before, because if we want to write well we have to write everyday. Make motivation that writing is good, and mach knowledge can be obtained. Actually there are many successful stories. In Indonesia still there less are good books, we import books from abroad. It’s good, but it’s better if we produce good books from Indonesian writers. When we produce good books which will be appropriate to international standard. This country will be known by other countries. I always think that in 2010 for developed countries and 2020 for developing country must face trade liberalization. In the globalization era, what must we do? We must develop our skill.