1. 学术写作：
学术写作是指专注于以一种或另一种方式证明理论或观点并强调一个特定主题的写作。通过学术写作，作者打算以一种或另一种方式证明理论或观点。学术著作主要是基于学术发现和学术研究。作者可以通过提供他/她自己的观点来解释特定主题。
示例包括假设一位教授撰写与化学相关的概念并发表在大学月刊上。
2. 一般写作：
一般写作是指任何以一般写作主题为重点的文章，并且发表一般论文以供读者娱乐。但有时许多一般性主题也提供人生教训、道德、灵感等。没有像技术写作这样的特定受众或读者。它是以主观的语气和纯粹的个人风格写成的。
例如写作，这将在当地杂志上发表散文任何或故事来根据一般的写作。
学术写作和一般写作的区别：
| S.No. | ACADEMIC WRITING | GENERAL WRITING |
|---|---|---|
| 01. | Academic writing focuses on proving a theory or viewpoint in one way or the other and emphasizes upon one specific subject. | General writing focuses on general subjects of writing. |
| 02. | Academic writing contains contents on specific discipline or field. | General writing contains contents on any topic or it may based on some imaginative or creative prose etc also. |
| 03. | It follows standard structured format. | It follows artistic unstructured format. |
| 04. | It is used in research projects, conferences papers, essays, abstracts, reports etc. | It is used in letters, emails, diaries, journal entries, magazine publish etc. |
| 05. | It is always formal way of writing. | It may be formal or informal way of writing. |
| 06. | It is usually has a specific set of audience/ reader who belongs to the same field on which the academic writing is based on. | General writing has no specific set of audience or readers anyone can go for any general written topics. |
| 07. | Academic writing does not use contractions. | General writing can use contractions. |
| 08. | Academic domain is related to any academic area/field. | General domain is related to any life in general. |
| 09. | It focuses on more academic/subjective words related to the topic. | It focuses on more common words suitable to the general topic. |
| 10. | In academic writing graphics, charts and numbers are sometimes used to explain the concept well. | In general graphics are sometimes included to make the writing more attractive. |
| 11. | It always uses referencing and citation. | It does not usually use referencing and citations. |
| 12. | For example suppose a professor writing on a concept related to Chemistry and that published on college’s monthly magazine. | For example writing any prose or story which will be published in a local magazine comes under general writing. |