What makes good writing? I think good
writing is good writing because it triggers responses in its readers. Readers
say ‘I have been in that situation, ‘I know someone like that’, ‘what a
terrible thing to be faced with’ etc etc.
If readers feel like that, it means that
they are being drawn into the story. They stand next to your characters, they
fear for what is about to happen, they simply must know what is on the next
page.
If a reader does not really care what is
happening in the story then you have lost them and your story has failed but if
they feel part of it, they are experiencing the sheer power of the writer.
That’s a terrific thing to achieve - and
the way to impress publishers and competition judges.
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John Dean
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