It's a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the same voice.

Quote by Colleen McCullough

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There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to...

There is no doubt that it is more difficult to read and more difficult to...

The Labour Party of today has fits of horrors of the very thought of somebody...

The Labour Party of today has fits of horrors of the very thought of somebody...

She told fortunes for a living. It's a wacky book and was great fun to...

She told fortunes for a living. It's a wacky book and was great fun to...

My fictitious characters will take the bit between their teeth and gallop off and do...

My fictitious characters will take the bit between their teeth and gallop off and do...

I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the...

I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the...

In early draft it never satisfied me, and that was when it clicked into place...

In early draft it never satisfied me, and that was when it clicked into place...

I think explicit love scenes are a turn off unless it's the kind you read...

I think explicit love scenes are a turn off unless it's the kind you read...

It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too.

It's a woman's book but I think the men will read it too.

My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they're...

My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they're...

I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech...

I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech...

I have an editor in my head, that's why I can't read Harry Potter, because...

I have an editor in my head, that's why I can't read Harry Potter, because...

In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn...

In The Touch, the love scenes are the same as they were in The Thorn...

I stopped this one about two months before federation and I want the next one...

I stopped this one about two months before federation and I want the next one...

The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more.

The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more.

There's a hell of a lot of horny people out there who are not being...

There's a hell of a lot of horny people out there who are not being...

Once I've got the first draft down on paper then I do five or six...

Once I've got the first draft down on paper then I do five or six...

The lovely thing about being 40 is that you can appreciate 25 year old men...

The lovely thing about being 40 is that you can appreciate 25 year old men...

That's okay, honey. I used to believe in things too.

That's okay, honey. I used to believe in things too.

Youth is not measured by the age of a person, but by the curiosity a...

Youth is not measured by the age of a person, but by the curiosity a...

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's...

If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's...

For where is any author in the world, Teaches such beauty as a woman's eye?...

For where is any author in the world, Teaches such beauty as a woman's eye?...