Dave White's latest blog entry discusses the importance of voice in writing, using Robert B. Parker's MELANCHOLY BABY as one example.
I've learned a lot reading Parker myself, but I had to comment:
You've heard this from me before. Parker has fallen into bad habits. Different characters use the same dialogue, same jokes, in multiple books:
"Good to know."
"We'd be fools not to."
Repetitiveness distracts me from voice. The only explanation I can think of for the naturally pithy Parker repeating himself: no one tells him he is.
If no one reminds you what you need to work on for a while, it's easy to believe you don't need to work.
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