Good Writing

Good writing is what humans use to understand the world, love, politics, economics and most other characteristics regarding the things we care about.

We see that effective writing is searched for daily by the concerned citizen and there are a few specific details they look for. Firstly, the writing needs to be credible and factual an example of credible writing would be Condoleezza Rice's 911 testimony. Her being the national security advisor at the time gave her instant credibility.

Another example of good writing would be Martin Luther King's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" due the strategy he had put into it and the fact that it totally called the clergyman out from hiding and accusing them of being ignorant to the issues at hand.

The last piece of writing will be one of negative effect. Bad writing does not always have to be written poorly in order to be considered bad because some things could be either be taken out of context or blown up into a false story. For example, "People" magazine often uses minor stories in the celebrity world and blows them out of proportion and takes them out of context just to create drama so people will buy the story.


Good writing establishes credibility, correctness, and clarity within the minds of its readers.

- Condoleezza Rice's testimony on 9\11 answers about what happened are recognized as truth due to her credentials.

- Martin Luther king uses his critical understanding of the issues apparent at this time in history to concisely produce a message of truth to his audience of the Clergymen.

- Bad writing does not always have to be written poorly to be considered insufficient. A recurring example would be how many journalists try and bend the truth and try to create an audience for the story because they take a minor detail and run with that.

Journalists need to have a clarity while writing that captures the readers attention without distracting them.