The Art Of Writing

What in essence is good writing? Is it who reads it, how popular it is, or the contents? In many ways, good writing is comprised of those things, but to put good writing in the most simplest forms, it would be comprised of one thing, and one thing only; Good writing is about how it changes a person, and to the degree it does through the ages. The longer this change remains or how permanent it becomes, is truly the water mark of what good writing is.

There are many genres of writing: Humor, tragedy, romance, action, horror, and the list goes on. However, all their purposes are to change someone. The change are all different and for all different reasons, but the purpose is all the same.

People can write long lines and stanzas but it doesn’t matter how much you write. You can write one sentence and it won’t matter. What matters is the content. All writing should be based in changing people. It should have the ability to make people think.

If one sentence can change the world, that is the best writing that could ever be. However, when writing something, you have to be aware of who it is directed to and where they read it from.

It’s like if you found a piece of paper saying that "aliens were coming", you wouldn’t think much about it. However, if you went into a cave where no man or woman had ever gone before and written on the wall said, "aliens were coming", it would have a greater affect. When writing happens, you have to be aware of how your audience is going to read it.

Writing is one of the most powerful ways to communicate, and if you are a writer, whether out of mere communication or someone who writes for books, poems, or whatever, there is a real power in it that shouldn’t be underestimated.

In writing we convey the thoughts of our minds to another’s mind. That is why writing is so important. And when good writing comes along, it means that we can change others. Maybe not much, but if we can just change someone for a minute, we can change the world.

Writing is powerful, it means that we who write can do great good or great evil. But in some cases, just great rubbish, if we merely write. Writing is an art, and it is a gift, because not everyone is willing to do the hard work of writing. If you want to be a good writer, or just a better writer, it is always about willing to keep on writing no matter what.