Writing Forum

What I'm saying, My. Wild, is that we *could* all throw our tuppence into a hat and come up with a list of sorts to identify what makes "good prose," but... that would be dumb. It's not possible to universally agree upon what is good and what is bad. Same is true of all the arts, at least in my opinion.

For example, I like dark literature (not YA---why would you think that, you weird-o?) with a bit of humour mixed in. But then... my opinion on what's funny is different than what, say, you might think is funny. So my adding anything to the list would be rather pointless, definitive only to me.

What I meant in my previous comment is that I would have one hell of a time finding examples of excellent prose in the romance genre. I dislike the genre. But that's just me.

However, in the spirit of cooperation, I'll throw this onto the list: Good prose means the writer has said something in a way I never would have thought to say it but that portrays the meaning perfectly. Uniqueness and imagination is what makes good prose for me.