What is Great Writing?

< Harry Potter was a highly unusual boy in many ways. For one thing, he hated the summer holidays more than any other time of the year. For another, he really wanted to do his homework but was forced to do it in secret, in the dead of night. And he also happened to be a wizard.
~ Narrator

 "HELLO? HELLO? CAN YOU HEAR ME? I - WANT - TO - TALK - TO - HARRY - POTTER -"
< "THERE IS NO HARRY POTTER HERE! I DON'T KNOW WHAT SCHOOL YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT! NEVER CONTACT ME AGAIN! DON'T YOU COME NEAR MY FAMILY!"
~ Ron Weasley, Vernon Dursley; conversation on the telephon

< Sirius Black, possibly the most infamous prisoner ever to be held in Azkaban fortress, is still eluding capture, the Ministy of Magic confirmed today.
< "We are doing all we can to recapture Black," said the Minister of Magic, Cornelius Fudge, this morning, "and we beg the magical community to remain calm."
< Fudge has been criticized by some members of the International Federation of Warlocks for informing the Muggle Prime Minister of the crisis.
< "Well, really, I had to, don't you know," said an irritable Fudge. "Black is mad. He's a danger to anyone who crosses him, magic or Muggle. I have the Prime Minister's assurance that he will not breathe a word of Black's true identity to anyone. And let's face it - who'd believe him if he did?"
< While Muggles have been told that Black is carrying a gun (a kind of metal wand Muggles use to kill each other), the magical community lives in fear of a massacre like that of twelve years ago, when Black murdered thirteen people with a single curse.
~ Daily Prophet article

"You are protected, in short, by your ability to love! The only protection that can possibly work against the lure of power likeVoldemort's! In spite of all the temptation you have endured, all the suffering, you remain pure of heart, just as pure as you were at the age of eleven, when you stared into a mirror that reflected your heart's desire, and it showed you only the way to thwartLord Voldemort, and not immortality or riches."

—Albus Dumbledore and Harry.^[src]

I chose the Harry Potter series to represent good writing. I couldn't find a whole passage, and the quotes above are not necessarily the best in the series, they are just examples of what I mean by great writing. I thing J.K. Rowling is very versatile in her writing and she shows that in this series. She talks with the voice of a narrator, she talks as Harry, and as all the many characters in the books. The amazing thing though, is that she puts so much thought and description into everything; the personalities of all characters are very complex and in depth. Her writing is so descriptive that a reader should have no problem picturing everything in their minds. I know that while I was reading these books, it was like I was at Hogwarts, or the Burrow. I think great writing has a lot to do with the readers reaction; if they feel like they can picture/experience everything she is writing about,while reading, I think that the book is a success.