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Originally Posted by Hitch
[...] Yes, and it's also true that really talented writers can get away with things that those just learning their craft can't, of course. :-)
Hitch
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There are two ways to interpret that, and I suspect that both are true.
Sometimes a writer has the talent or experience to make something work where a lesser talent (or lesser experience) would fail.
But I think it is sometimes quite literally true that they "get away with it". No book is perfect; some excellent books have glaring errors but readers forgive them (or don't even notice) because the rest is so good. Once you have an enthusiastic audience, and if you don't abuse them, they will come to your new work with a positive frame of mind that gives you such a head start over facing a sceptical newcomer.