| It's never that easy to characterize good writing. For | | | | - It has a valuable ending. |
| the most part, we know instinctively when something | | | | If you take account of all the well-made writing you've |
| that we're reading is of great quality. Similarly, we | | | | seen over the years, those points will inevitably be |
| know it when a piece of writing is better pushed aside. | | | | present. They are, for the most part, fundamental |
| While it's likely not possible to create a play-by-play list | | | | characteristics of what makes a piece of writing work. |
| of all characteristics of great writing, certain things are | | | | Before you can get to good writing, though, you'll have |
| present in almost every well-made piece of text: | | | | to get past the inevitable obstacles. Grammar errors |
| - It has a clearly-defined purpose. | | | | and poor sentence construction are typically the bane |
| - It makes clear and focused points. | | | | that prevent beginning writers from progressing |
| - It supports those points with details and | | | | towards turning out good copy. With modern tools, like |
| accompanying facts. | | | | English writing software, however, people are beginning |
| - It presents varied points in a cohesive manner. | | | | to bridge the gap. Instead of spending their time |
| - It doesn't contain tons of grammar or spelling errors. | | | | worrying about the "correctness" of their words, they |
| - It doesn't waste the reader's time by veering away | | | | can simply leave that decision to the tools, focusing |
| from focus without reason. | | | | their attention instead on the elements that make |
| - It does have a well structured writing and sentence | | | | writing stand out. |
| style. | | | | |