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Originally Posted by BeccaPrice
Good characters and good dialog can paper over a weaker plotline and still leave an enjoyable book. Not necessarily a great one, but then, that wasn't the question.
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I'm with you. If the writing is good and the characters believable and engaging, the book can be an excellent read even with a totally defective storyline. Actually the characters don't need to be believable either; just engaging will do nicely. Of course, the worse the story is and the less believable the characters are, the better the writing has to be in order to compensate, until at some point no writer alive or dead could save it.
In order of importance, my requirements are:
Good writing
Well-constructed characters
Good story
As far as what makes a good story, I'm sure there are almost as many answers as there are readers.