Voice. This is a similar animal to character--and some people might argue that they are the same but I happen to think they are different. I think that if a writer has a really compelling voice, you're willing to stay in the story regardless if it isn't particularly in character or even if it contains a plotline that doesn't really grab you, or is based on a squick that normally would have you not even get past the summary. A really cracking voice will band-aid a number of "sins" and can let an author slowly unfold a plotline, whereas a weak voice will demand that you slam the reader with a compelling plot pretty much from the word go.
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Date: 2012-11-20 02:15 am (UTC)