Reply #6: I think the difference between a good writer, and a great writer is that [View All]

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the great writer is an authority on whatever he or she is writing about, and so, everything from the tone to the voice come naturally to them.

Sometimes this means rewriting a story so many times that you've had a chance to work out the technical difficulties and the final draft will flow better than the drafts before it.