Good Writing

What is good Writing?
Now that's a question I've been asked all my life; well since I started writing that is.
I define good writing as a story that grabs your attention and keeps you ineterested from beginning to end. It has to have a good hook that sucks you in right away. My example of this would be William Shakespeare. He was the greatest writer of his time and I believe he upholds my standards to good writing. William Shakespeare often had a way with words. His famous plays and sonnets were notorious and performed all over London. My most Favorite of his publishings was Romeo and Juliet (the tale of forbidden lovers). That play was fantastic and was layed out in a sense where you could picture everything happening as you were reading it. Such as the secret meetings between the lovers, or the fight betweeen the Montesque and the Capulet families. Again, thats what I define 'good writing' as.
When I write papers my main focus is to keep the reader interested and to create a story that you can often imagine as you read every word.

In the past all my teachers have drilled my head with the thought that 'good writing' comes from a good mind; and one with a good mind can create 'good writing.'
In a sense I agree with that but I also believe it can contradict itself. Like some people, I have to revise my paper many times before I submit it, only because I always feel like something is missing. I stress and over analyze the topic because I worry more about keeping the interest of the reader rather than staying focused. Overall I believe that everyone has the ability to create 'good writing' it just depends on how they apply it.