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Why is it easy to recognize good writing, or great writing, but difficult to produce it?

Even the best novel critic may find it almost impossible to write a book worth reading. I remember reading something about how we have different vocabularies for reading, listening, writing, and speaking, and I'm guessing this is a similar matter. But why is it?

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    Why the different vocabularies? It depends on your audience. We "dumb down" our conversations when necessary.

    Why is it difficult to write? Writing is like a muscle: it must be exercised regularly. Good writing takes lots of practice.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    descriptive writing always impresses people for example. the old dilapidated weatherboard house peeling from the generations of windstorms. Oh but it had such charm, i grew up in there, the garden the only thing i really remember.....

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