Recently one of my friends asked "Do you think being a good writer depends on the comments you get back on what you have written?? or how you have written..."
Though I gave an answer to her right away, I thought it's a good question to write an article about.
I think that every writer could answer this question in a different way. Because it differs from person to person..
One might value the comments he/she gets for their writings, and one might not. One might take, what they can take from comments and one might get disappointed.
But personally this is my answer to above question..(and one might agree or disagree for this) And as I'm not a professional writer or even an experience one, but a person who writes for self happiness, this could contain ideas that above writers disagree.
Comments..
Whether it's a general comment or a professional review, for some extent it always matters. Mainly because it's encouraging to have a comment on what you have written if you cares about comments.
And if the comment is about the content of a particular article, I do not think a judgment whether the writer is good or bad can be given from that. But, there's a one possibility where this can change. Even though there are levels of readers and the understanding level change according to that, if comments express the idea that a particular article cannot be understand generally, then that gives an impression that the writer cannot express what he/she wants to give to the reader by writing.
And if the comment is about the skills of the writer and the commenter has some knowledge about writing or reading, then that could be taken in to give a judgment about the writer.
And also if the writer is a beginner, positive comments would always be valuable to he/she as it gives an encouragement to continue with writing.
Mainly I think, being a good writer depends on how you have written.
Almost everyone has a unique style of writing. Though there's a growing trend for writing in everyday speaking language, proper use of grammar and figures of speech always add clarity and quality for a particular piece of work. And a good writer could make even a boring outdated topic to an interesting article. Also a given articles' content may contain outrageous ideas, but have presented in a very good way. And in this context a particular reader may not like the content, but that doesn't mean that the writer is not good. And also a good writer may have the ability to spellbound their readers and to make them wait for next piece of work. So I think
these things should come in to count when judging a particular writer is good or bad.
In last but not least, i must say as this article appears in a blog and viewers also being bloggers, anything that the reader has to say about this question is always welcome most warmly.
Before you go further I must say I don't know anything about "Walker Evans". But I was fascinated by reading below quotes. So here goes...
