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Old 12-23-2010, 07:24 AM   #44
Maggie Leung
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Lack of perfection does not (or should not) equate to bad. People (myself included) have this tendency to think of their favourite books as well written and their worst books as badly written, but it doesn't take long on this forum to see just how much people's tastes do vary. A little more humility wouldn't go astray sometimes.
I distinguish between good writing and good storytelling, even among books I like.

As for taste, mine is the best -- for me, lol.

As for humility, I could use more of it, but not in distinguishing between good and bad writing.
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