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Today’s topic, I think, is a very important one. Now I’m sure that every writer, at some point in their career has wondered whether they’ll ever be good enough or whether they’ll ever achieve great writing or not.
Honestly, there are so many definitions of great writing. Some people define great writing as only the classics in literature. But I’d say it’s a lot more common than that.
I would not go as far as to say that all writing is great or can be great. But with time spent and skills defined and redefined and honed. It can be done and any writer can do it with enough work.
If a writer woks hard enough and is doing their very best, as is everyone else involved. Editors, copywriters, betas, alphas, proofreader, cover designer. As long as everyone is doing their very best, then the writing will be great. So in that case, I cannot see how the writing could be anything but great because everyone worked so hard to make the story the best it could be.
Some people also define great writing by the type of prose being used. As in flowery prose being the greatest as it would take such skill to describe things so well, but also not drag on too much talking about the same thing.
Personally, to me great writing is any writing that is not flawless. I can spot mistakes and feel the struggle, feel the emotion, see the characters and imagine the hard work that went into it. But it’s also something without a multitude of errors that I find it unreadable. Anything with a good, strong plot and side plots that join it seamlessly. Anything with the right amount of description and dialogue and action and tension and conflict. So that I don’t feel bogged down or like the story is moving to fast. Like the characters are a big part of the story, yet aren’t the entire story. Where I can see or picture what is happening so it’s like I can watch it like a movie in my head and not have difficulties following along with what’s going on. Something that doesn’t reveal every secret right away, but lets me discover the secret when the character does. Something that will pull me in and keep me reading even when I don’t have time. Something that will keep me up at night because I haven’t finished and I need to know what happens next. Something that shows me anything is possible, even the impossible. Writing where I’m not told everything, but I get to experience it alongside the characters like I’m just another character along for the ride.
To me this is how I define great writing. And I’m not picky. I often get pulled out of stories I’m super into because I have a busy life and I know that’s not the story’s fault. But I want a story that keeps me coming back as soon as I have a free second.
And I like finding little errors in the books I read. It reminds me that the authors and everyone else working on the story is human and can make mistakes, just like me. I think that flawless things have very little beauty, it is the flaws that give something beauty. I love flaws, just like I love my flawed characters who can’t do everything and mess up before learning how to fix everything.
Anyway, that is my shpeal guys. I hope you liked it! So my answer to the question - Is great writing achievable? - yes, it very much is possible. It’s even being done over and over again. Even by indie authors, even especially by them. It’s also a magnificent feat if done by them as they have to pay for their editing and cover design and proofreading all themselves. If they can achieve greatness when I can too because they showed me first that the impossible can be possible.
Anyway, thank you so much for hanging out, but this will be it for me. It was great having you here. Lots of love! Happy reading and writing! Until next time, bye bye.
Celine Rose Marie
