What is good writing?

What is good writing?! Is it merely a piece of writing that is understandable to every reader capable of comprehending the language the piece is written in? Or are there more aspects a writer has to consider in order to produce something worth reading? The following will briefly discuss three topics a good writer should think about.

            First, writers should always consider their readership. It is important to think about, for instance, the age, the profession, the educational background or sometimes even the sex of the intended readers. If you are writing a book for children, your language will differ than that in a text you would write for colleagues or academic journals. Having a specific readership in mind will help you in the process of writing.

            Secondly, good writers should structure their pieces of writing appropriately. Depending on your readership and on your intentions for your writing, you are able to choose from a vast amount of possible text structures. You can write a poem, an essay, a newspaper article and much more.

            Thirdly, good writers always have to think about their choice of words. You have to choose the right amount of variety or maybe even repetition, the right precision and the right register. The choices you make also depend on your readership and your intentions. A speech, for example, might need a large amount of repetition to help you make your position clear to your audience.

            Summarizing, it is important to know that there are numerous aspects that make writing good writing. These aspects should be taken into consideration when you start to put language down on paper. They may assist and guide you during your writing process. In addition, they may give you the possibility to produce a text that your readership will enjoy to read and you enjoyed to write.