"The Source of Bad Writing " by Steven Pinker- Stub created by Rachel Karn

Subtitle: "The 'curse of knowledge' leads writers to assume their readers know everything they know 
In this article "bad writing" is defined as anything that is difficult to be understood by its audience. "Bad writing" often is created on purpose to impress the audience with the author's wide and varying knowledge, but this method is not beneficial for either party. This article explains how "bad writing" can be associated with the curse of knowledge. The curse of knowledge is a term invented and defined by economist as difficulty imagining that others do not know and understand what you know well. 
Read more about the curse of knowledge in this article about creative minds: 
http://wam.wikia.com/wiki/%22Innovative_Minds_Don%E2%80%99t_Think_Alike%22_by_Janet_Rae-dupree-_Stub_created_by_Rachel_Karn
Ways to end the curse include putting yourself into your reader's heads and taking time to think about what you know that they may not. Writers need to realize that they need to obtain feedback and question their writing to make sure that most people in the target audience will understand what he or she is trying to say. 
Pinker, Steven. "The Source of Bad Writing." WSJ. N.p., 25 Sept. 2014. Web. 02 Nov. 2015. <http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cause-of-bad-writing-1411660188>.
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