I think that professional writing can absolutely be an art, especially taking into the account the ideas presented in the Understanding Comics article. Idea and purpose, form, idiom, structure, craft and surface are all principles that are also taken account by professional artists of various mediums, such as painters, sculptors and creative authors. I think that all writing, including professional writing, has the power to plant ideas in people’s heads and leave a lasting impression on them. As such, I do believe that it is an art form and a great way to communicate, and needs to be taken seriously.
I think that I need to work more with simplicity in my writing. I have the tendency to go overboard and use a lot of grandiose language, and that may alienate some of my audience even if it does still get the point across. I think that knowing your audience and the purpose you are trying to achieve is a very important part of professional writing and is definitely a contributing factor to what makes it an art. But at the same time, I think that if you consider professional writing an art it also brings with it the implication that it is a personal experience: that is, the writer (or artist) is trying to communicate something from within them and sometimes you can’t put a barrier on that without losing the artistic quality of it.
