> Writing helps refine your thoughts. Very true. Indeed I would go further and say that unless you are capable of expressing your thoughts as words, then those

> Writing helps refine your thoughts. Very true. Indeed I would go further and say that unless you are capable of expressing your thoughts as words, then those thoughts will have no more substance than steam. I thought I was a clear thinker until I entered academia. The many reports, instructional materials and academic papers soon enough showed me how wrong I was. Edit: the illustration to this article is one of the most appropriate I have seen.