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What is the definition of "good" writing?

>> No.10112958

>>10112942
Some old white/jewish male tells you it's "good".

>> No.10112959

>>10112942
Anything that makes academic critics in their ivory towers happy.

>> No.10113023

>>10112942
Over detailed in non-symbolic, unimportant details (both in text and technique)

Under detailed in symbolisms, nuances, chain-of-effect, characters, and interpretation

Adjectives galore

General nouns/pronouns galore

Eclectic/undeveloped/unacknowledged diction

Jr. college level use of punctuation at best

Melodrama, Angst in a manner that is not self-aware

Juvenile themes; illogical plot and settings

Shitposting

>> No.10113031
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10113031

it's not bad

>> No.10113054

>>10112958
>t. murderer

>> No.10113061

>>10112942
hisT pots is god o ¿writhing?

>> No.10113148

>>10112942
literary merit, as determined by an old white/jewish person

addendum 2015: OR a hip young black person or white kid with at least 500k twitter followers

>> No.10113151

>>10113148
hip young white female, you mean

>> No.10113159

>>10112942
Good writing treats language the way any good artist treats their medium, with an awareness of their particular qualities. Good writing uses language to produce effects no other medium can replicate.