Response to "The Art of Eating Spaghetti"

What is good writing? What defines good writing? The very first time I read The Catcher in the Rye was when I discovered what good writing was. I remember picking up the book because it had such a plain cover and my Tenth Grade English Honors teacher told me that it was a good book. I began reading the book and I discovered what good writing was. I could actually understand what was going on in the book. This to me was what good writing was. I enjoyed reading the book and although the book was way more mature than what I thought, the book entered me into an entire different world of writing styles. After reading the book, I realized that all writers have different techniques to convey what they mean. The book proved to me that good writing still exists. But then, I do think that good writing is like beauty. It is in the eye of the beholder. Who is to judge what good writing is? The book may have been good to me, while others may think quite the contrary. Although there are standards, no one can really define what good writing is because it is all of their own opinion. Or at least to me it is.