Good Writing – can you define it?

Anyone can write, right?

Well…, it depends on what you mean by “write”. Putting pen to paper? Key to screen? Or communicating effectively via the written word in any medium?

The measure of “good writing” also depends on for whom you’re writing. Does your audience understand and respond to what you say? If not, your writing might as well be squiggles on a page.

Writing and reading are so essential to our lives that we often take them for granted. If your country has a 95% or higher literacy rate, you might not know anyone who cannot write. But you certainly know some people who write better than others. What makes the difference?

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