Good Writing

Good writing must be aimed at bad readers.


Bad readers begin to read a story without realising that the story may be aimed at the reader.

The bad reader will not give the story another thought, after finishing it.

Worse still, the bad reader may keep on thinking about the story without extracting from it any meaning.

The bad reader may resent the writer for that. The bad reader may think that that the writer knows nothing or has no imagination. The bad reader might get worked up for being insulted. There are many ways in which to be a bad reader.

Good writing gives bad readers a sense of assurance. It is possibly a false sense.

Bad writing that is then read by bad readers is not writing at all but an act of revenge.

The bad reader may believe that the writer is too lazy to write about real things.