Challenge
$50 prize. What does it mean to be a good writer? Does good writing even matter, or have Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok etc. turned us into mindless, unsophisticated zombies who no longer care for grammar, punctuation, vocabulary, or creativity?
$50 to the author of whichever post I find most insightful.
On Good Writing:
While many people may be infatuated with screens and social media instead of the traditional book, in the end we all seek stories. Sure, different forms of writing tell different stories, for example a fictional novel is very different than a Snap or a Tweet. However, isn't good writing characterized not by the medium through which it's told, but by the enjoyment a story brings others? The hunger we have for stories, and the urge that keeps us coming back to books, means that this thirst for creativity and words will not go away, and we will remain as intelligent humans, intent on filling our voids with sentences and stories.
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