What I consider good writing is probably the same as a lot of people. For starters I would like to say that while I find articles, and news add interesting, I like books, both fiction and nonfiction, better because I find them more interesting. I think that writing should be both interesting, and should flow well. I for one am totally against unorganized or jumpy writhing. I also think that certain elements of the story should be present for the story to be interesting. The elements that I think should be present are the plot, the point, and the setting. It takes these elements to get a good feel of the writing and the mood that is present in the story.
One story that I have always thought was a good book was Jack London’s Call of the Wild. Now some of you will probably think that this book is kind of childish. Well you could say that I haven’t read a book in a while, but really I just like the book anyway. For one the story flows well, and is easy to follow. I know this because the first time I read the story I was in the 5th grade, and I was able to understand and follow the story with out any difficulty. Also the story is full of action and there isn’t a dull moment in the book. The plot was also present throughout the story making it pretty a pretty fascinating story. It dose not stray from the plot much, like some stories tend to do, and I also find it also has a great story line which I find one of the best parts of the book. This book is something like a representation of other writings I like to read.
This is almost a perfect representation of the things I like to read. Although I don’t read as often as I used to, I still like to when I find something that relly hooks me in. It just seems that these great writings are becoming less and less.
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http://london.sonoma.edu/Writings/CallOfTheWild/chapter1.html
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I agree that captivation is necessary and most of the time books are better than movies and such for the simple fact that its "your own movie." I don't think that there's less and less great writings i just think you might need to pry a little more into different areas to get what you are looking for and give books/stories a chance that you never thought you would. :]
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with you when you said that "writing should be both interesting and flow well." I really hate it when I'm reading something, and it's difficult to follow along with what the author is thinking. I want what I'm reading to be organized efficiently so that I can read it with ease. I really enjoyed your blog, but you should proofread it next time because there are a couple grammatical mistakes. Overall though, I thought you did a great job of defining good writing.
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