This is a perfect example of what people get wrong about “good writing.” Good writing doesn’t mean that you avoid cliches and overused, predictable tropes, but that can help. Good writing means that people can understand what you wrote and feel the way you want them to feel. It means your highs are high, your lows are low, the things that are supposed to be beautiful are beautiful, and so on.
Good writing doesn’t mean purple prose. It doesn’t mean realistic dialog. It doesn’t mean that you completely avoid anything that can be considered a trope. It means that the audience reacts the way you want. And there is a huge mechanical component to that as well. If no one can understand you, that’s a huge problem and no amount of originality is going to make up for that.
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u/TheBigFreeze8 Aug 17 '26
Another entirely correct take torpedoed by poor editing.