#6: Who Decides What Good Writing Is?

I think when it all comes down to it; the people who decide what good writing is are critics and scholars. They usually get to decide because critics review and pick apart things for a living, so why would it be any different with books? Scholars get to decide what good writing is because they’ve gone through years of school and are supposedly very educated on writing. While there are scholars who’re educated exclusively on writing, many of them are not. They expect everyone to agree with their opinions on books, but we all have different tastes and interests. We as readers should decide what a good piece of writing for many reasons: One being that we are the majority. Since we are the ones who are reading books, it’s up to us to decide whether or not it’s good. I think it’s seriously wrong for us to believe everything critics spew out of their mouths. Another reason we should decide because one person can’t decide if a book is good enough. For every person who thinks the writing in a book is good, there is one who thinks it is not. Like I said, we all have different opinions. That is what’s so great about reading. It is up to you to decide to read a certain book or not, and it’s up to you to either love the style of writing, or hate it. We as a whole will never all have the same opinions on a book. Many of us do, but many of us don’t. For example, The Hunger Games; I know that many, many people really love this book. I for one really do enjoy it. But the beginning starts out way too fast for my taste. I like books that slowly build up anticipation, but I’m sure other people like books that just dive right into the main plot. This further proves my point on how everyone has different tastes. We as readers should most definitely decide what’s good, and what’s bad.