In “Writing Is Not A Skill,” Stanley Aronowitz, a social activist who has written more than twenty-three books and published over two hundred articles and reviews, discusses the process of writing and what it takes to become a great writer. Aronowitz mentions that many people will claim writing to be a skill because it can, undoubtedly, be learned through practice. He compares it to tying a shoelace and even changing a light bulb. The more times an individual does a task then the more accustomed they are to the task. Aronowitz claims that writing in fact would be considered a skill if it was just limited to simple mechanical features that tying a shoelace or changing a lightbulb involve. The problem is, it isn’t as simple as that. Writing
