How has an author’s sense of the division between public and private writing been altered by the increasing amount and types of content published online?

Essay

You are required to submit an essay (2400 words) that addresses a particular question in relation to your experience of writing on the web, compared and contrasted with the views put forward in a short text by George Orwell, “Why Write”.

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Your essay should use scholarly sources to support its argument with APA 7th Ed citations and references.

Choose one out of these three questions to answer as you shape your essay’s argument:

(Q.1) How does an author’s online writing and publishing demonstrate changes in the relationship between form and content in online versus offline spaces?

(Q.2) How has an author’s sense of the division between public and private writing been altered by the increasing amount and types of content published online?

(Q.3) How is an author’s ability to build community and collaborate with others enabled by their writing on a range of different online spaces and platforms?