Cameron bad Writing

Cameron speaks of what it is to be bad writing. Hitting home, the point is made that writing is doomed to be 'bad' from the get if the targeted audience is anything but genuine. You cannot write to someone who you wouldn't just as enjoyably speak to, because the writing will lose all sense of authenticity and emotion.

Often as students we are asked to write for a certain project or paper to a teacher. We get so caught up in writing how we would want the professor to see us that in fact we degrade our own writing. In doing this, we lower our grade far lower than where it would have fallen if we would have just been genuine.

We cannot force voice, immediately learn scholarly diction and syntax just the same as a first time weight lifter cannot get under heavy weight simply to impress his colleagues. Writing is an art that takes time to learn, and as Cameron said, writing must be done towards a genuine and well felt audience, even if they aren't actually going to be reading it. Do yourself a favor and write to someone who you think would enjoy it!