My views, unlike Mr. Stephen Kings.

To me, and to I am sure many more people, I do not believe there is quite a “definition” of what bad writing and good writing is. Bad writing can range from simply bad grammer to a story that may as well be written in German because nobody knows what is even semi going on in the story. Good writing, well, I have many definitions.
To me, a good writer is far more than correct grammer (although for me that is a big thing..I even hate bad grammer in text messages. I can deal without the commas, but if there should be a period and there is not and you just go onto the next sentence…ugh). A good writer should fully develop their character (be it a story) and make their main character someone the reader cares about. Be it a research paper, the writer should choose a topic with which will not only suffice for a variety of people, but also something they are passionate about. There is nothing worse than reading a research paper where you can tell the writer could honestly care less. I mean come on, they are already boring enough. To me, good writing means passion.
Bad writing is when thoughts jump around too much (and of course the classic bad grammer which apparently I hate). Sometimes you can follow it, but why make it such a challenge? By that point the reading is not even enjoyable. I also hate when the characters are boring. I was originally, under good writing, going to say that relatable characters are part of good writing. But that is so not true. One of my favorite characters is Dr. Greg House from, you guessed it, House the show. But he is such a jerk and totally unrelatable (hopefully) but I love him anyway. Make sure your characters do not bore you. If they bore you, they will bore your reader.