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Good writers are often excellent at a hundred other things, but writing promises a greater latitude for the ego.

Good writers are those who keep the language efficient. That is to say, keep it accurate, keep it clear.

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into truth; a bad writer will, more often than not, accomplish the opposite.

Good writers know that crime is an entre into telling a greater story about character. Good crime writing holds up a mirror to the readers and reflects in a darker light the world in which they live.

Good writing does not come from verbiage but from words.

Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.

Good writing gives energy, whatever it is about.

Good writing is deceptive in that it hides its own artifice - it makes it seem easy.

Good writing is good writing, and I'm so happy when I read it.