The rise of Internet-based communication has led to
even greater amount of writing than in decades past, as
increasingly, people in a wide range of jobs find themselves
emailing more often, texting more often, and using their
computers to fill out forms or other types of information.
Here are stories from ten people in different walks of
life—ranging from a high school student to a college student,
an Air Force sergeant to a restaurant owner, a stayat-home
mom to a post-surgical nurse, a math teacher
to a land surveyor, a carpenter to a retired engineer. All
of these people use writing