Crucial

I love writing but I don't necessarily love the rules and regulations for sentence structure and such. Maybe that's why I love poetry so much because in poetry you don't have to follow the rules. However, I know how extremely important it is to know, understand, and execute the rules of writing. Why is it so Important? If you can not correctly piece sentences together and create a nice flow to your writing people will lose interest. If you are writing an argumentative paper, how do you suppose you'll convince someone that you're right if they can not understand what you are trying to say simply because your grammar is off or you're lacking important punctuation? If you are not writing poetry and you are writing for an audience it is crucial to know and use all elements of writing to ensure a well rounded and interesting piece of writing. The Elements of Style was not the most interesting and exciting thing to read, to say the least, but the information within was well worth the read. It is a great piece to reference when writing anything really and I will be doing so with most future writing adventures.

If interested:
http://www.crockford.com/wrrrld/style.html