Truly good writing has three main components: spelling, grammar and a message or a point. Spelling is important because it allows your readers to take you seriously. If one were reading a document or text and saw that the author had frequently misspelled the word “unionize” for example, then would it be wrong to assume that the one reading the text would find it difficult to take the author seriously? If one cannot spell , it is a universal sign of lower intelligence. If one who exemplified lower intelligence (by perhaps, misspelling words) went on to write a book, It is highly unlikely that anyone would take it seriously. It could have the best story or the best premise of a book to be conceived by man, however it probably wouldn’t be read past the 10th page due to the readers becoming irritated with it’s poor spelling. Grammar is also quite important because without it, the audience may become confused. If one were reading a text, and saw that the author had forgotten a period or an apostrophe, that would likely make the reader have to reread the text again, in an effort to mentally fix the mistake. The failure to use proper grammar can really take the reader out of the experience that the author is trying to set up. A message or point is probably the most important component of all of writing. Without a point, any bit of text is essentially a waste of ink and paper. If one were reading a paragraph, and it was a perfectly written piece, free of all spelling or grammatical errors, but it had nothing to do with the book or article surrounding it, then one could consider it a waste of paper. It is incredibly important for every part of an article or a story to have meaning, otherwise it makes the readers question why they are reading it.
One may argue that paragraph structure is also quite important for a piece to be considered good writing. Improper paragraph structure makes the article seem odd, filled with very long, twenty-sentence paragraphs, and very short, two-sentence paragraphs. While this is indeed a valid argument, one might not consider it to be a primary component in good writing. A very short paragraph (perhaps 1-2 sentences) can be used in a story to convey a very brief, important thought. An example: “So, did you turn off the stove top before you left the house?” questioned Tim’s mother
“Oh god, the stove!” Thought Tim
Or perhaps an abnormally long paragraph could be used to convey a very intricate setting.
