Why I think that the text “why I write” is an academy text.

First it has the same structure that essay does, it begins with an introduction, then text has its thesis, then the author gives arguments to support his thesis, and at the end he finishes by giving a conclusion.

Second, in some parts of the text the author uses technical vocabulary related to the writing and reading process.

Finally the author tries to convince the readers through his arguments why he writes and that is one of the goal of the academic text, to convince people of doing or thinking something with good arguments such the ones that he gives in the text.