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Before writing, it's essential to identify your meaning (what your message is about) and your purpose (why you are writing it). Meaning includes topics like love for family or hope for the future, while purpose can be to express feelings, tell a story, or impart understanding.
Your meaning and purpose guide your choice of literary form. Prose is best for telling full stories, explaining events, or describing characters and settings clearly. Poetry is ideal for expressing strong emotions, artistic or symbolic language, and focusing on feelings rather than detailed narratives.
The process involves five steps: 1) Think about an important topic, 2) Define what you want to say about it (meaning), 3) Determine why you want to say it (purpose), 4) Decide whether prose or poetry best conveys your message, and 5) Start writing from the heart, letting ideas flow.
An example demonstrates this process: Kaida wanted to express homesickness and change (meaning) and to share feelings and memories (purpose). She chose poetry for its emotional and imagery-rich nature. The video concludes by asking viewers to reflect on their own meaning and purpose for writing.
The story 'The Golden Window' illustrates meaning and purpose. The meaning is that true value is often found in what we already possess, and its purpose is to teach a moral lesson about contentment and perspective, encouraging appreciation for one's own blessings.